New technology introduction in a marginal coffee area of Colombia

Stabile, Martin; Sanders, John H.; Phillips, Truman P.

doi:10.1016/0306-9192(84)90008-3

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“…In the context of coffee agricultural practices in Colombia, the adoption of integrated pest management has been associated with education level and the wealth of the farmer as predominant factors (Chaves and Riley, 2001); likewise, the introduction of the "Caturra" coffee variety was linked to factors such as an increase in demand for labour, need for cash inputs, especially fertilizer and hired labour, and risk avoidance behaviour (Stabile et al, 1984). The role of coffee institutions has been important for the intensification of coffee crop production since 1970, when the threat of coffee rust was a critical factor in production (Guhl, 2008).…”

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Drivers influencing farmer decisions for adopting organic or conventional coffee management practices

2016

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Colombia is one of the world's most important producers of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica), whose coffee-growing zone coincides with a biogeographic hotspot of biodiversity. Given that coffee agroecosystems are grown by both organic and conventional schemes of management in Santander, a region which produces coffees with specialist distinctive flavours, this study aims to better understand the factors that influence the adoption of these different schemes of management. A combination of ethnographic techniques and quantitative methods were used to examine the predominant drivers of adoption and revealed farmer perceptions associated with coffee farming, and the complexity of interacting factors, that surround their decision making. The results of qualitative analysis suggests that social identity of coffee growers, the existence of farming spaces (lived, perceived, rationalized), the influence of coffee institutions, attitudes about management practices, and social relations of production, all play an important role in the process of decision making. In quantitative terms, we identified 18 socioeconomic drivers, some with interacting effects that had significant influence on the decision to adopt either organic or conventional practices. In particular, at local scale, important factors were technology availability, the type of landowner, formal education of farmers, the role of institutions, membership of community organizations, farm size, coffee productivity and the number of coffee plots per farm. Likewise, economic drivers, such as crop profitability, determined how farmers are involved in trade and market networks at broad regional, national, and international spatial scales. By adopting a more integrated approach, combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies, we characterized the complexity of factors that influencing adoption of coffee management schemes and show that not only financial factors but also a variety of other social factors drive farmer decision making. Identifying the most influential behavioural drivers provides policy with opportunities to better support farmer livelihoods.

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Drivers influencing farmer decisions for adopting organic or conventional coffee management practices

2016

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“…The International Coffee Organization has actively promoted the economic diversification of coffee-producing countries [EIO, 1987: 28]. Colombia has attempted to shift coffee smallholders out of coffee into beans and dairy cattle production [Stabile et al, 1984]. Many Central American [World Bank, 1984: 4;de Graaf, 1986: 81-83], African [Smith, 1980], and Asian nations have likewise attempted to encourage diversification to increase farmer's income and to reduce dependence on key agricultural crops.…”

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Agricultural diversification among smallholder rattan cultivators in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Godoy

Feaw

1991

Agroforest Syst

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Many developing countries are trying to promote agricultural diversification among smallholders because they feel that smallholders are too dependent upon a narrow range of crops. Fieldwork among smallholder rattan cultivators in Southern Borneo, Indonesia, suggests that smallholders do maintain a poorly diversified portfolio of agricultural activities. Farmers rely heavily upon rattan because of its superior profitability. A number of economic and agronimic constraints however prevent farmers from diversifying out of rattan into other crops.

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Diversification among coffee smallholders in the highlands of South Sumatra, Indonesia

Godoy

Bennett

1988

Hum Ecol

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New technology introduction in a marginal coffee area of Colombia

Cited by 3 publications

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Drivers influencing farmer decisions for adopting organic or conventional coffee management practices

Drivers influencing farmer decisions for adopting organic or conventional coffee management practices

Agricultural diversification among smallholder rattan cultivators in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Diversification among coffee smallholders in the highlands of South Sumatra, Indonesia

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