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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Fair Marketplaces and Participatory Guarantee Systems in the Bolivian Agroecologic Sector as Mechanisms of Innovation\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Jose Luis Eduardo Lopez Rosse Antequera, Cides Umsa, Strategies for Development, 1746 Tupac Amaru St, Cochabamba, Bolivia, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{joseeddy@yahoo.es}}\\[0.8ex]}}
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In an increasingly globalised world, a product's intrinsic attributes, such as quality, appearance and organoleptic properties, are important when it comes to selling the product at final markets. These attributes, together with the final price, are also deciding factors for consumers' decisions to purchase the product. To be more competitive in these markets, producers have innovated. One of the main ways to be competitive is to produce high"=quality products in sufficient volumes at a competitive cost. Innovation is a way to become more competitive, which means making better products, making them efficiently and performing other activities, such as accessing new markets. 



Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) are seen as an innovation in horizontal and cooperative mechanisms of trust between producers and consumers, which calls for alternative guarantee systems to be created in local trading spaces. 



Participatory Guarantee Systems 



While PGS have appeared in the glossary of Law No. 3525 since its enactment, it was not until February 2012 that the technical regulations for PGS were published. In Bolivia, however, private PGS, such as ECO Ferias in the department of Cochabamba, have existed since 2003. PGS differ in geographic scope (national or municipal), composition (public or private), and social and cultural context (indigenous, peasant farmer or community). Although the cost of certification is still under debate, further cost studies are needed.



CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS



The lessons to be learned (some that were created and others that were reinforced) were the importance of short value chains, PGS and peer review (social control). The actors who are involved in short value chains communicate and coordinate with one another regularly to share experiences and innovations. 



One of the main challenges that have not yet been fully addressed is ensuring a continuous supply of products to Bio Ferias to meet growing demand. 



Despite the favourable legal environment for organic farming, there is clearly a total lack of specialised financial services providers for organic enterprises. 



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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Agroecologic agriculture, local fair marketplaces, Participatory Guarantee Systems
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