Beyond the bean: Analyzing diversified farming, food security, dietary diversity, and gender in Nicaragua’s smallholders coffee cooperatives

Bacon, Christopher M.; Gómez, María Eugenia Flores; Shin, Vanessa; Ballardo, Gabi; Kriese, Skyler; McCurry, Emma; Martinez, Erica; Rivas, Misael

doi:10.1080/21683565.2023.2171172

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“…In this study case, we found a potential opportunity for the coffee sector to promote food security and access to healthy and diversified diets for more vulnerable coffee households through a strategy that integrates coffee cooperatives and their members within the local food system according to their priorities. The link between a higher crop diversity in coffee farming systems and a better dietary diversity was also confirmed by Bacon et al (2023). Notably, coffee farming system diversification appears as a crucial strategy that gives farmers the ability to cope and adapt to shocks such as from the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

Section: Role Of Cooperativesmentioning

confidence: 76%

Local food system and household responses to external shocks: the case of sustainable coffee farmers and their cooperatives in Western Honduras during COVID-19

Rodriguez-Camayo,

Lundy,

Borgemeister

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns (people confined to home, with movement restrictions) presented an external shock to livelihoods and food systems worldwide, most severely affecting vulnerable households in low-income countries. While evidence is available regarding how COVID-19 generally affected low-income countries, the specific dynamics of local food-system responses and sustainably-certified coffee farm households has not been examined, despite them being usually deemed to be more resilient to shocks. This research examines how local food systems in Honduras changed during lockdowns, how certified coffee households coped with the shock, especially food insecurity, and the potential role of coffee cooperatives in increasing households’ resilience under future shocks and stressors.MethodsWe applied a mixed-methods approach that combined a structured household survey with semi-structured qualitative interviews with 91 households, 6 cooperative representatives, and 18 food-system representatives.ResultsWe found that coffee-income-dependent households experienced greater food insecurity during lockdown than coffee households with diversified incomes. Before lockdown the local food system was highly dependent on external fresh food from outside the state. Food suppliers changed altered fresh-food procurement strategies, mostly to maintain fresh-food availability at the beginning of the pandemic. However, more than half the interviewed households lacked confidence regarding food security, amid rising food prices and local shortages. Certified coffee cooperatives supported their members by providing food assistance, cash transfers, and credit.DiscussionSome of these strategies are difficult to maintain where crises are recurrent and that may render households more vulnerable to future extreme events. Rather, coffee cooperatives could diversify and support their members in growing and marketing additional food crops. This could be a key approach for boosting local food security and strengthening the local food system.

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Section: Role Of Cooperativesmentioning

confidence: 76%

Local food system and household responses to external shocks: the case of sustainable coffee farmers and their cooperatives in Western Honduras during COVID-19

Rodriguez-Camayo,

Lundy,

Borgemeister

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Even where value chains and cooperatives provide opportunities for women, their activities, remuneration, positions and working conditions are often inferior to those of men (Bamber and Staritz 2016;Wijers 2019). Often, women's participation in value chains remains invisible as their activities are more likely to be unpaid, home-based or informal (Bacon et al 2023). Cooperative's internal institutions influence how benefits of value chain participation are captured and distributed (Stoian et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Tackling Gender Inequality in Community-Based Organizations: The Contribution of Cacao Cooperatives to Environmental Justice for Women in Peru

Maeder,

Thomas,

Villar

et al. 2024

International Journal of the Commons

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Persistent gender inequalities challenge theory and praxis of community-based collective action. Here we adopt an innovative approach which integrates environmental justice, value chain inclusion and collective action theory to diagnose inequalities in communitybased organizations (CBOs) and identify strategies to address them. Drawing on the findings of case studies conducted at six CBOs in Peru's cacao sector, this article aims to make three contributions. Empirically, we analyze the current situation of, barriers to and strategies for environmental justice for women in the six selected CBOs. Theoretically, we contribute to theory on community-based collective action through an analysis of environmental justice and value chain inclusion. Methodologically, we propose a framework that analysts may use to assess environmental justice for women in community-based collective action. Results show that overall, women participate less and benefit less from cacao CBOs. Furthermore, recognition of women's contributions and capabilities for cacao value creation tend to remain limited. We discuss 18 strategies and recommendations through which CBOs can address gender inequality for their female stakeholders on a cooperative, community, household and individual level. Most salient recommendations include workshops, generating income opportunities for women, increasing the rights of partners of official cooperative members, and introducing quotas for women in leadership positions. If such efforts are reinforced and better theorized, and gender strategies continuously implemented, CBOs such as cacao cooperatives have the potential to improve the environmental justice outcomes for women within their organizations, families, and communities at large.

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“…Moreover, certain occupations, such as handicrafts and traditional arts, contribute to preserving local traditions and cultural diversity. Understanding the dynamics of occupations in rural areas and its role in defining households' food security status is essential for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to develop effective strategies for sustainable development (Christopher et al, 2023;Luitfred, 2023;Paudel Khatiwada, et al, 2017). This study aims to explore rural household level data to provide valuable insights into the diverse occupational patterns and their implications on food security.…”

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confidence: 99%

Occupational dimension of food security: A rural household level assessment in Kogi State, Nigeria

Shaibu UM,

Shaibu MT,

Adejoh E

et al. 2023

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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This study empirically assessed the occupational dimension of food security among rural households in Kogi State, Nigeria. The study adopted a multi-stage random sampling technique to select one hundred and forty-four (144) rural households for data collection. Primary data obtained from the respondents were analyzed using descriptive statistics, food security index (FSI), and a binary logit regression model. The results revealed a mean age of 43 years among the rural household heads. Married households accounted for 79.29% of the sample size with a mean household size of 4 members. The level of illiteracy was relatively low. The mean monthly income among the households was N71,796.43 (($154.40)). The majority (91.30%) of the farmers were food secure while only 8.70% were food insecure. The incidence of food insecurity was higher (77.8%) among the artisans, followed by household heads in other occupations, traders, and civil servants with an incidence rate of 58.3%, 54.8%, and 51.5%, respectively. It was also found that sex (p<0.01) and farming as a major occupation of household head (p<0.01) had a positive impact on rural household food security, while age (p<0.01) had a negative impact on household food security. It was recommended that relevant stakeholders should encourage rural households to practice agricultural production and farmers should be supported by the government and other relevant actors to expand their scale of production as this will have a multiplier effect on rural households’ food security.

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Beyond the bean: Analyzing diversified farming, food security, dietary diversity, and gender in Nicaragua’s smallholders coffee cooperatives

Cited by 6 publications

References 111 publications

Local food system and household responses to external shocks: the case of sustainable coffee farmers and their cooperatives in Western Honduras during COVID-19

Local food system and household responses to external shocks: the case of sustainable coffee farmers and their cooperatives in Western Honduras during COVID-19

Tackling Gender Inequality in Community-Based Organizations: The Contribution of Cacao Cooperatives to Environmental Justice for Women in Peru

Occupational dimension of food security: A rural household level assessment in Kogi State, Nigeria

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