Globalization and Smallholders: The Adoption, Diffusion, and Welfare Impact of Non-Traditional Export Crops in Guatemala

Carletto, Calogero; Kirk, Angeli; Winters, Paul; Davis, Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.02.017

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“…Another literature strand has studied the direct and indirect effects of GlobalGAP and other private standards in horticultural export channels on small-scale producers (e.g., Maertens & Swinnen, 2009;Asfaw, Mithöfer, & Waibel, 2010;Carletto, Kirk, Winters, & Davis, 2010;Colen, Maertens, & Swinnen, 2012). Most of these studies show that poor rural households can benefit from modern supply chains through own participation as producers or through labor markets.…”

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

2015

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Summary.-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.Key words-coffee; smallholder farmers; Organic; Fairtrade; impact; Uganda; Africa JEL codes-I32; L15; O12; Q13; Q17 Acknowledgements:This research was financially supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG). 1 Food Standards, Certification, and Poverty among Coffee Farmers in UgandaSummary.-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.

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

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“…Others (Carletto et al, 1999, Carletto et al, 2010, Carletto et al, 2011) focused more on the determinants of the commercialization process and its impact on poverty, as opposed to food security and nutrition.…”

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Agricultural commercialization and nutrition revisited: Empirical evidence from three African countries

2017

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The transition from subsistence to commercial agriculture is key for economic growth. But what are the consequences for nutritional outcomes? The evidence to date has been scant and inconclusive. This study contributes to the debate by revisiting two prevailing wisdoms: (a) market participation by African smallholders remains low; and (b) the impact of commercialization on nutritional outcomes is generally positive. Using nationally representative data from three African countries, the analysis reveals high levels of commercialization by even the poorest and smallest landholders, with rates of market participation as high as 90%. Female farmers participate less, but tend to sell larger shares of their production, conditional on participation. Second, we find little evidence of a positive relationship between commercialization and nutritional status. As countries and international agencies prioritize the importance of nutrition-sensitive agriculture, better understanding of the transmission channels between crop choices and nutritional outcomes should remain a research priority.

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“…However, the scholars always specified and refined the concept of innovation in the articles researching on the agricultural science and technology innovation. There were many forms of the specific innovation in the study field of the agricultural science and technology innovation, such as the new technology researches (Carletto 2001;Koundouri et al 2006), the new variety studies (Basu and Leeuwis 2012), the research of system and institutional reforms (Lundvall 1992;Hounkonnou et al 2012), the study of agro-ecological innovation (Blazy et al 2011). In addition, the need of a special note was that the diversification of the agricultural science and technology innovation detailed form was one of the important reasons that we used many of the conversion forms of the agricultural science and technology innovation to search data in the following analysis.…”

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A study on research hot-spots and frontiers of agricultural science and technology innovation - visualization analysis based on the Citespace III

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2016

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At present, the fundamental development way of agricultural production lies in science and technology to achieve the agricultural sustainable and stable development and ensure the eff ective supply of agricultural products for a long time. Many Chinese scholars had done many researches about the agricultural science and technology innovation. Numerous scholars got much valuable research conclusions for improving the construction of agricultural science and technology innovation system. However, there were still some problems existing in the current agricultural science research system, such as that the agricultural science and technology studies were divorced from the agricultural production, the mechanism of the market was still imperfect, there was an unreasonable layout in the agricultural science and technology. Th erefore, we wanted to know the dynamic and the evolution path of the international agricultural science and technology innovation. What is more, we wanted to know whether there was a signifi cant diff erence between the domestic and overseas agricultural science and technology innovation and if the international experience was good for the development of the Chinese agricultural science and technology innovation. So, there was analysed the research theme, the hot-spots and frontiers of international agricultural science and technology innovation based on the Citespace III to get the situation and character of the relevant international research.

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Globalization and Smallholders: The Adoption, Diffusion, and Welfare Impact of Non-Traditional Export Crops in Guatemala

Cited by 35 publications

References 21 publications

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

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

Agricultural commercialization and nutrition revisited: Empirical evidence from three African countries

A study on research hot-spots and frontiers of agricultural science and technology innovation - visualization analysis based on the Citespace III

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