Organic Agriculture and Fair Trade

A Happy Marriage? A Case Study of Certified Smallholder Black Pepper Farmers in India

verfasst von
Priyanka Parvathi, Hermann Waibel
Abstract

This study examines whether the joint adoption of organic and fair trade systems adds additional benefits to smallholders in developing countries. We use panel data collected from 300 smallholder rural black pepper growers in Kerala, India to assess household welfare impacts. We apply a multinomial endogenous switching regression model along with a counterfactual analysis to estimate certification effects. Results show that both certification systems have a significant impact on income compared to conventional black pepper farming. However, membership in fair trade marketing systems does not increase income of organic farmers, but has positive effects on asset accumulation of smallholder farmers.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Entwicklungs- und Agrarökonomik
Typ
Artikel
Journal
World development
Band
77
Seiten
206-220
Anzahl der Seiten
15
ISSN
0305-750X
Publikationsdatum
01.01.2016
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung, Entwicklung, Soziologie und Politikwissenschaften, Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie
Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
SDG 2 – Kein Hunger
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.08.027 (Zugang: Geschlossen)