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The aim of my research is to find out what quality of life actually means to farmers in Madagascar and to find a way of ensuring that their local understandings could be formally recognised in the procedures of organic farming. My work was propelled by the sense that standards and indicators for social certification in organic farming, although presumed to protect or enhance the quality of life of smallholders and plantation workers, could be irrelevant or even harmful if local understandings are not recognized.
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Farnworth, C.R. (2012). Concepts of Wellbeing Among Organic Farmers and Plantation Workers in Madagascar. In: Selin, H., Davey, G. (eds) Happiness Across Cultures. Science Across Cultures: the History of Non-Western Science, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2700-7_23
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