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Food standards, certification, and poverty among coffee farmers in Uganda

Empirical study
Journal article

Published 2015 by Elsevier. Authored by Chiputwa, B., Spielman, D and Qaim, M.

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Sustainability Approaches:

Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Sustainability Tools:

Fairtrade International
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
UTZ

Sustainability Issues:

Livelihoods
Participant costs and benefits

Outcomes of Interest:

Price premiums
Progress out of Poverty index

Specific Themes:

Cooperatives
Multiple certification
Pro-poor development

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

This study analyses the impacts of Fairtrade, Organic and UTZ standards on smallholder livelihoods in Uganda, focusing on coffee growers, and drawing on survey data and propensity score matching.

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Food standards, certification, and poverty among coffee farmers in Uganda

Empirical study
Journal article

Published 2015 by Elsevier. Authored by Chiputwa, B., Spielman, D and Qaim, M.

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