Can fair trade resolve the "hungry farmer paradox"?

Sirdey Ninon, Lemeilleur Sylvaine. 2021. Can fair trade resolve the "hungry farmer paradox"?. Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, 102 : 81-106.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s41130-021-00137-z

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Résumé : Fair trade (FT) schemes claim to improve food security by generating economic gains for certified households. Previous research has shown that FT-certified households may benefit from higher prices and incomes. However, little attention has been paid to the implications of FT for food security. In this paper, we use qualitative data, cross-sectional household surveys conducted among coffee-growing households in Peru and matching econometric methods to investigate whether economic gains resulting from FT are enough to ensure food security for farming households. Results show that although FT increased the return from certified coffee (prices, production, yields and net return), the extent of the food insecurity facing FT participants remained unchanged. Our qualitative results suggest that farming households use the additional income they receive from FT to pay for their children's higher education as a long-term non-farm investment. This leakage effect raises the question of the effect of FT in the medium and long term from a rural development perspective.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : sécurité alimentaire des ménages, politique alimentaire, petit agriculteur, économie domestique, développement rural, commerce équitable

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Pérou

Mots-clés libres : Fair trade, Food Security, Impact, Coffee, Peru

Classification Agris : E80 - Économie familiale et artisanale
E10 - Économie et politique agricoles
E71 - Commerce international
E70 - Commerce, commercialisation et distribution

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 3 (2019-) - Systèmes alimentaires

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