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Walk the talk: private sustainability standards in the Ugandan coffee sector

Empirical study
Journal article

Published April 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group. Authored by Maertens, M. and Akoyi, K.T.

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Research Focus

Sustainability Approaches:

Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Sustainability Tools:

4C Association
Fairtrade International
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
+ 2

Sustainability Issues:

Participant costs and benefits

Outcomes of Interest:

Cost of inputs
Household Income (net)
Price premiums
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Specific Themes:

Multiple certification
Pro-poor development
Smallholders
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Sectors:

Agriculture

Products:

Coffee

Sustainable Development Goals:

SDG 1 - No Poverty
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 - Responsible Production and Consumption
Region/Country:

Geographies:

Africa

Countries:

Uganda

Summary

We investigate the welfare and productivity implications of private sustainability standards in the coffee sector in Uganda. We use cross-sectional household survey data and an instrumental variable method with instruments that pass weak identification and over-identification restrictions. We find that triple Utz-Rainforest Alliance-4C certification increases income, and land and labour productivity, and reduces poverty. Double Fairtrade-Organic certification is found to be associated with higher producer prices but results in lower land and labour productivity, and thereby fails to increase producer income and contribute to poverty reduction. We conclude that private sustainability standards do not always live up the expectations they create towards consumers. Abstract obtained with permission, to access the full paper click here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220388.2017.1327663?journalCode=fjds20
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Walk the talk: private sustainability standards in the Ugandan coffee sector

Empirical study
Journal article

Published April 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group. Authored by Maertens, M. and Akoyi, K.T.

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