The impact of coffee certification on small-scale producers' livelihoods

a case study from the Jimma Zone, Ethiopia

verfasst von

Pradyot Ranjan Jena, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Till Stellmacher, Ulrike Grote

Abstract

What is the impact of product certification on small-scale farmers' livelihoods? To what extent does the participation of Ethiopian small-scale coffee farmers in certified local cooperative structures improve their socioeconomic situation? To answer these questions, this article employs household data of 249 coffee farmers from six different cooperatives collected in the Jimma zone of Southwestern Ethiopia in 2009. Findings show that the certification of coffee cooperatives has in total a low impact on small-scale coffee producers' livelihoods mainly due to (1) low productivity, (2) insignificant price premium, and (3) poor access to credit and information from the cooperative. Differences in production and organizational capacities between the local cooperatives are mirrored in the extent of the certification benefits for the smallholders. "Good" cooperatives have reaped the benefits of certification, whereas "bad" ones did not fare well. In this regard the "cooperative effect" overlies the "certification effect".

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Entwicklungs- und Agrarökonomik
Institut für Umweltökonomik und Welthandel

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Band

43

Seiten

429-440

Anzahl der Seiten

12

ISSN

0169-5150

Publikationsdatum

07.2012

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Agronomie und Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften, Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 1 – Keine Armut

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00594.x (Zugang: Geschlossen)