Organic Agriculture and Fair Trade

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

authored by

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.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics

Type

Article

Journal

World development

Volume

77

Pages

206-220

No. of pages

15

ISSN

0305-750X

Publication date

01.01.2016

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development, Development, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 2 - Zero Hunger

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.08.027 (Access: Closed)