The Economic Sustainability of Certified Coffee: Recent Evidence from Mexico and Peru

By B. Barham, J. Weber. 2012

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Plant Science, Strategy and Management

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Food standards, certification, and poverty among coffee farmers in Uganda (2015, background): “…& Flores, 2008; Jaffee, 2008; Valkila, 2009; Valkila & Nygren, 2010; Beuchelt & Zeller, 2011; Barham, Callenes, Gitter, Lewis, & Weber, 2011; Barham & Weber, 2012), while there are only a few papers focusing on Africa (e.g., Bolwig, Gibbon, & Jones, 2009; Jena, Chichaibelu, Stellmacher, &…”
The ambivalent impact of coffee certification on farmers' welfare: A matched panel approach for cooperatives in Central Kenya (2016, background): “Arnould, Plastina, and Ball (2009) and Becchetti and Costantino (2008) observe positive changes in education and health outcomes related to Fairtrade certification.”
Explaining the 'hungry farmer paradox': Smallholders and fair trade cooperatives navigate seasonality and change in Nicaragua's corn and coffee markets (2014, background): “However, research also shows that the higher prices associated with fair trade and organic markets, even when coupled with international development funding to fair trade co-ops, do not necessarily cover additional costs (Barham and Weber, 2012), and as a single strategy are insufficient to ensure s”
Sustainability Matters in National Development Visions—Evidence from Saudi Arabia’s Vision for 2030 (2017, unknown): “Some commonly used terms include “sustainable development” [4,5], “urban sustainability” [6–9], “sustainable society” [10,11], “economic sustainability” [12,13], “social sustainability” [14,15], “ecological sustainability” [16], and “sustainable growth” [17].”
Shaded Coffee and Cocoa : Double Dividend for Biodiversity and Small-scale Farmers (2017, background): “For instance, there is a large body of literature on shaded coffee systems in Mexico, yet the majority of these empirical studies focus on either ecological or economic components, do not include a reference system or report on economic performance only in terms of coffee yield.”
Organic Agriculture, Food Security, and the Environment (2018, background): “While some studies suggest that organic certification has no effect or even negative effects on income and the likelihood to be poor (Barham & Weber 2012, Beuchelt & Zeller 2011, Chiputwa et al. 2015, Jena et al. 2017, Mitiku et al. 2017, Valkila 2009), others find exactly the opposite (Ayuya et…”
Sustainability Standards, Gender, and Nutrition among Smallholder Farmers in Uganda (2016, background): “…doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1156090 © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group Latin America have shown that higher prices do not always translate to higher household incomes (Barham & Weber, 2012; Ruben & Fort, 2012; Ruben, Fort, & Zuniga, 2009; Ruben & Zuniga, 2011).”
Comparative Economics of Conventional, Organic, and Alternative Agricultural Production Systems (2021, background): “Using survey data from coffee growers in Mexico and Peru, Barham and Weber (2012) examined the economic sustainability of Fair Trade/organic and Rainforest Alliance schemes, while comparing them to a conventional standard.”