Arbeitspapier

Food Standards, Certification, and Poverty among Coffee Farmers in Uganda

Private standards are gaining in importance in global markets for high-value foods. We analyze and compare impacts of three sustainability oriented standards – Fairtrade, Organic, and UTZ – on the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda. Using survey data and propensity score matching with multiple treatments, we find that Fairtrade certification increases household living standards by 30% and significantly reduces the prevalence and depth of poverty. For the other two certification schemes, no significant impacts are found. Institutional factors that may explain differential impacts are discussed. Overly general statements about the effects of standards on smallholder livelihoods may be misleading.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: GlobalFood Discussion Papers ; No. 27

Classification
Wirtschaft
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
Agriculture in International Trade
Subject
coffee
smallholder farmers
Organic
Fairtrade
impact
Uganda
Africa

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Chiputwa, Brian
Qaim, Matin
Spielman, David J.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Research Training Group (RTG) 1666 - GlobalFood
(where)
Göttingen
(when)
2013

DOI
doi:10.22004/ag.econ.161565
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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Chiputwa, Brian
  • Qaim, Matin
  • Spielman, David J.
  • Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Research Training Group (RTG) 1666 - GlobalFood

Time of origin

  • 2013

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