Value chains and sustainable development: A perspective of sustainable coffee value chains in East Africa

Canwat, Vincent

doi:10.1002/sd.2444

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“…In contrast to our results, Knößlsdorfer et al (2021) found positive results of Fairtrade on household expenditures in Côte d'Ivoire, indicating a positive effect of Fairtrade on living standards. This is consistent with the findings of Canwat (2023), who found a positive effect of Fairtrade on the social component in East African countries with weaker institutions. As reported by producers during the surveys, wages below the national legal wage are not common in Costa Rica.…”

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SDGs trade‐offs associated with voluntary sustainability standards: A case study from the coffee sector in Costa Rica

Rubio‐Jovel,

Sellare,

Damm

et al. 2023

Sustainable Development

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The transition toward a more sustainable agricultural production has become an essential step in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs), launched by the United Nations in 2015. Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) have been proposed as a useful governance tool for guiding this transition. Thus, this article uses a case study from the coffee sector in Costa Rica to assess the contribution of VSSs to the achievement of the SDGs. We rely on panel data from coffee producers captured between 2017 and 2019 to carry out this assessment. Results of the statistical analysis suggest that VSSs alone are not enough to promote a transition to a more sustainable coffee production, as trade‐offs between the contributions of VSSs to the different SDGs emerge. If the VSSs are to promote sustainable practices among producers while ensuring socioeconomic benefits for producers, workers, and their families, implementation modifications are required.

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SDGs trade‐offs associated with voluntary sustainability standards: A case study from the coffee sector in Costa Rica

Rubio‐Jovel,

Sellare,

Damm

et al. 2023

Sustainable Development

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Alternative agrifood systems and the economic sustainability of farmers' cooperatives: The Chinese experience

Hu,

Zhang

2024

Sustainable Development

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Most registered farmers' cooperatives in China are de facto private enterprises; while many bring economic gains to farmers, they do not function as cooperatives. Among the small minority that started as authentic cooperatives, however, most struggled to provide economic benefits to members, unable to achieve economic sustainability. The failure of true farmers' cooperatives in China has been widely studied; the success of the few that did become economically sustainable, however, remains poorly understood. Using a sample of 70 farmers' cooperatives across the country and comparing three “extreme cases”—cooperatives that are both authentic and economically successful—with the rest, this study argues that participation in alternative agrifood systems is the key to their success. In the Chinese context, smallholders are deeply integrated into the conventional agrifood system and have gained technology and market access through the mediation of private enterprises and public institutions, leaving little space for cooperatives. Only in alternative agrifood systems, which prioritize product quality and authenticity and value closer relationships between producers and consumers, do cooperatives, as a unique governance institution based on trust, have advantages. Our case analysis shows how cooperatives brought smallholders economic gains and achieved economic sustainability through shifting to ecologically sustainable farming and building alternative distributive networks. This finding adds a new dimension to our understanding of the relationship between smallholder cooperatives and sustainable development: in capitalist agrifood systems, ecologically sustainable agrifood alternatives provide the basis for cooperatives' social and economic sustainability.

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Political economy of COVID-19: windows of opportunities and contestations in East Africa

Canwat

2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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COVID-19 and its control measures remain contested issues in literature. While some of the literature views COVID-19 and its responses as neutral events serving the common good, other parts of the literature considers them partial events serving personal interests. This study analyses the political economy of COVID-19 in East Africa by assessing how COVID-19 and its control affected public and private policy actors and how the actors responded to them. Based on a systematic review, the study found that the pandemic and its control generated political and economic opportunities and contestations. Politically, COVID-19 and its control measures presented opportunities to suppress and oppress opposition, conduct political campaigns, provide patronage, and conduct selective enforcement. Economically, the pandemic and its responses presented opportunities to generate income and benefits for the government and its employees, businesses, and ordinary citizens. However, these opportunities were exploited to serve personal political and economic interests. COVID-19 responses also generated a lot of discontent, leading to contestations from many policy actors. The actors contested COVID-19 vaccines and science, role allocation during the response, selective enforcement of COVID-19 directives, corruption in relief provision, and the brutality of security forces. The contestations and pursuit of personal political and economic interests compromised the effectiveness of the COVID-19 response.

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Value chains and sustainable development: A perspective of sustainable coffee value chains in East Africa

Cited by 4 publications

References 57 publications

SDGs trade‐offs associated with voluntary sustainability standards: A case study from the coffee sector in Costa Rica

SDGs trade‐offs associated with voluntary sustainability standards: A case study from the coffee sector in Costa Rica

Alternative agrifood systems and the economic sustainability of farmers' cooperatives: The Chinese experience

Political economy of COVID-19: windows of opportunities and contestations in East Africa

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