Coffee farmers' incentives to comply with sustainability standards
| Autor: | Julie Subervie, Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes, Anderson Edilson Presoto, Roberta de Castro Souza Pião, Sylvaine Lemeilleur |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economics and Econometrics
D50 - Législation certification media_common.quotation_subject Population Price premium Certification 010501 environmental sciences Development 01 natural sciences 0502 economics and business Sustainable agriculture Agriculture durable education Durabilité 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common 2. Zero hunger E21 - Agro-industrie Industrie du café education.field_of_study Public economics Incitation 05 social sciences Payment Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Participation des agriculteurs Incentive Cash Sustainability 050202 agricultural economics & policy Business PRODUÇÃO AGRÍCOLA normes alimentaires |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) instacron:USP |
| Popis: | PurposeThis paper investigates the incentives to coffee farmers to participate in certification schemes that require improved agricultural practices.Design/methodology/approachThe authors ran a choice experiment among 250 Brazilian coffee farmers in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.FindingsThe authors’ findings show that both cash and non-cash payments are likely to incentive farmers' participation in a certification scheme. Besides price premium, incentives as long-term contracts and provision of technical would encourage producers to adopt eco-certification schemes. Our results also suggest that non-cash payments may be appropriate substitutes to a price premium to some extent.Research limitations/implicationsThe large coffee producers are over-represented in our sample compared to the population of Brazilian coffee farms. However, it seems reasonable to focus on these producers, as they are usually the ones who individually adopt strategies, since small farmers are induced by collective strategies (e.g. cooperatives).Social implicationsThe result regarding technical assistance makes sense given that Brazilian farmers generally have poor access to rural extension services.Originality/valueWe contributed in the literature about adoption of sustainable agriculture practices analyzing the requirements and motivations for farmer participation in certification schemes. We also contribute private and public strategies to encourage the adoption of sustainable practices. |
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