Group membership and certification effects on incomes of coffee farmers in Uganda (original) (raw)

Ssebunya, Brian Robert; Morawetz, Ulrich B.; Schader, Christian; Stolze, Matthias and Schmid, Erwin (2019) Group membership and certification effects on incomes of coffee farmers in Uganda.European Review of Agricultural Economics, 46 (1), pp. 109-132.

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Discrepancies in certification effects on smallholder incomes have been found in scientific literature. Unobserved farmer-group heterogeneity is a likely reason. For the long-standing Robusta coffee farmer-groups in Uganda, we find no significant effect of certification on net-farm income. But, we find 20 percentage point differences in net-farm income between certified and non-certified farmers explained by membership duration. In contrast, the recently founded certified Arabica coffee farmer-groups have positive net-farm income effects of 151 per cent, partly explained by a higher degree of vertical integration. With or without certification, long-standing group membership is found to have positive income effects.

EPrint Type: Journal paper
Keywords: certification, group membership, farm income, coffee production, Uganda, socio-economics, Abacus, FiBL65107, FiBL35126
Agrovoc keywords: Englishcertificationhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_35702
Subjects: Crop husbandry Values, standards and certification Food systems > Policy environments and social economy"Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Africa
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Society Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Sustainability
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jby022
Deposited By: Schader, Dr. Christian
ID Code: 37349
Deposited On: 26 Feb 2020 10:16
Last Modified: 11 Jan 2023 14:26
Document Language: English
Status: Published
Refereed: Peer-reviewed and accepted

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