Title of document: Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): overview and reflections

Authors: Flavia Castro

Organism: IFOAM Organics International

Year of parution: 2015

Objectives of the document: To present the PGS, its historic, its operation, its strengths and challenges.

Geographical region: in part Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)

This document brings informations about PGS: definition, history, repartition around the world, how this guarantee system works, his strengths and challenges. After this general presentation about this system, this presentation gives details about PGS in the GMS.