Ssebunya, Brian Robert; Morawetz, Ulrich B.; Schader, Christian; Stolze, Matthias and Schmid, Erwin (2018) Group membership and certification effects on incomes of coffee farmers in Uganda. European Review of Agricultural Economics, online (first), pp. 1-24.
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Summary
Discrepancies in certification effects on smallholder incomes have been found in scientific literature. Unobserved farmer-group heterogeneity is a likely reason. For the long-standing Robusta coffee farmer-groups in Uganda, we find no significant effect of certification on net-farm income. But, we find 20 percentage point differences in net-farm income between certified and non-certified farmers explained by membership duration. In contrast, the recently founded certified Arabica coffee farmer-groups have positive net-farm income effects of 151 per cent, partly explained by a higher degree of vertical integration. With or without certification, long-standing group membership is found to have positive income effects.
| EPrint Type: | Journal paper |
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| Keywords: | certification, group membership, farm income, coffee production, Uganda, socio-economics |
| Subjects: | Crop husbandry Values, standards and certification Food systems > Policy environments and social economy "Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Africa |
| Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Sustainability Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Socio-Economics |
| DOI: | 10.1093/erae/jby022 |
| Deposited By: | Schader, Dr. Christian |
| ID Code: | 34777 |
| Deposited On: | 04 Mar 2019 11:34 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2019 13:06 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
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