Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications: Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica?

Snider Anna, Gutiérrez Isabel, Sibelet Nicole, Faure Guy. 2017. Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications: Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica?. Food Policy, 69 : 231-242.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.04.009

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Quartile : Q1, Sujet : AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY / Quartile : Q1, Sujet : ECONOMICS / Quartile : Q1, Sujet : PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT / Quartile : Q1, Sujet : FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : NUTRITION & DIETETICS

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Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Economie-gestion

Résumé : Our research examines the benefits and drawbacks for cooperatives who participate in voluntary coffee certifications. We interviewed administrators at twenty Costa Rican coffee cooperatives about management practices related to voluntary certification. Voluntary certifications are popular among coffee cooperatives. Access to certified markets is facilitated by state support of the cooperative sector, regulation of the coffee sector and well-enforced environmental and social laws. However, there are no significant or consistent financial incentives for farmers to pursue certification. Multiple certifications may lower auditing and implementation costs, but cooperatives rarely receive the full premium for multiply-certified coffee. Low market demand for certified coffee, weak price incentives and high auditing and management costs encourage cooperatives to certify only a portion of their members. This strategy rewards compliant farmers rather than inducing widespread change to farming practices among the entire membership. Though financial incentives are weak, certifications offer non-financial benefits to both farmers and cooperatives, including better management and more resilient cooperatives.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Coffea, petite exploitation agricole, certification, marketing, prix, coopérative agricole, qualité des produits, association d'agriculteurs, norme

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Costa Rica

Mots-clés libres : Certification premiums, Voluntary standards, Farmers' organizations, Fair trade, Price incentives

Classification Agris : E51 - Population rurale

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 3 (2014-2018) - Alimentation durable

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