Organic certification, export market access and the impacts of policy: Bayesian estimation of avocado smallholder “times‐to‐organic certification” in Michoacán Mexico

Hattam, Caroline; Lacombe, Donald J.; Holloway, Garth

doi:10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00595.x

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“…Thus, it is not easy for businesses to respond effectively to the course of events in the market, as this may be done indirectly, which may lead the agricultural competitiveness to weaken and market opportunities to be lost. In such a case, the diffusion of certification depends more on a continuation or amplification of the State's proper interventions (Segerson 1999;Hattam et al 2012;Larsson et al 2013).…”

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Is quality certification in fruit and vegetable production a market-driven choice in Greece?

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This study examines whether the implementation of a quality management system (QMS) and the choice of a certain quality assurance scheme (QAS) were decided as responses by fruit and vegetable producers to market conditions, separating certification decisions into two components. A survey study is conducted and two discrete choice models are estimated: ordered logit for the implementation of QMS and binary probit for the choice of QAS. It is found that the buyers' demand for certification and the efforts of farmers to differentiate their products from others in an area that may present local quality problems lead farm businesses to accelerate QMS implementation. Regarding the choice of a private QAS, it is a market-driven decision. The conclusion is that certifications are characterised by a market-driven approach and the increased interest in certified products can lead to the diffusion of certification. Because the absence of information provision and the controls exerted by public authorities have an impact on QMS implementation, the diffusion of certification depends also on public policy measures, indicating the crucial role of a public policy mix properly designed to promote certification.

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“…Recently, developing countries have experienced proliferation of local market oriented organic production systems due to growing local demand for organic products resulting from the increasing income and urbanization (Hattam et al, 2012;Probst et al, 2012).…”

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“…The consumers in this market niche are concerned with the food attributes thus willing to pay premium prices for organic products (Hattam et al, 2012). This trend has shifted the marketers focus from promotion of food products to the promotion of food attributes among consumers and potential consumers (Stolzenback et al, 2013;Costanigro et al, 2014) through certification of the processes along the agricultural value chains.…”

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“…Author(s) agree that this article remain permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License social and cultural benefits from the certified processes (UNCTAD, 2006;Blackman and Naranjo, 2012;Hattam et al, 2012).…”

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“…Consequently, governmental agencies, local and international non-governmental organizations, international donors and other development partners in the Sub-Saharan Africa have been involved in encouraging the adoption of organic production systems as a developmental pathway for smallholder agriculture (Hattam et al, 2012). One of the important outcomes of certified organic agriculture is women empowerment in agriculture (WEIA, hereafter) 1 which has gained much interest among policy makers and researchers (Farnworth and Hutchings, 2009;Arestoff and Djemai, 2013).…”

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Towards being equal to them: Impact of organic certified production systems on women empowerment in agriculture

Ayuya¹

2018

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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The objective of the study was to determine the degree of women empowerment in agriculture as well as examine the effect of organic certification and other socio-economic and cultural factors on women empowerment in agriculture in Kenya. This objective was achieved using data from peri-urban vegetable and rural honey producing households. It followed the innovative multidimensional measurement of women empowerment in agriculture, and the univariate and multivariate two limit Tobit models was used to assess the determinants of women empowerment. The two limit Tobit models results affirmed the hypothesis that organic certification opens up knowledge space for women empowerment in agriculture in some domains but had more impact among women in vegetable producing households. However, the variation of the degree of women empowerment in agriculture was also influenced by men, women and household socioeconomic and cultural characteristics. Policies geared towards enhancing women's social capital and ownership of assets will improve the women household bargaining power and subsequently women empowerment in Agriculture.

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Can “green food” certification achieve both sustainable practices and economic benefits in a transitional economy? The case of kiwifruit growers in Henan Province, China

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Nayga³

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The unique "green food" certification scheme in China, which is aimed to ensure environmental and product safety, has attracted increasing attention. In this study, using 398 household-level survey data from kiwifruit growers in Xixia county of Henan Province, China, alongside a propensity score matching method, we examined the impact of "green food" certification scheme on economic and environmental effects. Our results showed that: (a) the "green food" certification program did not have significant environmental effect of sustainable production practices because kiwifruit growers did not significantly increase farmyard manure, reduce pesticide and chemical material inputs, except for employed labor inputs; (b) the certification did have significantly economic effect because certified growers received higher sale prices and had reasonable and even higher economic benefits. These findings suggest that the "green food" certification program did not significantly reduce the chemical material inputs, but it helped kiwifruit growers receive higher economic benefits. The "green food" certification program has not achieved its two major goals for kiwifruit production in China [EconLit citations: O13, O44, Q01]. K E Y W O R D S "green food" certification, China, economic benefit, impact assessment, kiwifruit, sustainable practices 1 | INTRODUCTION Over the past two decades, considerable growth has occurred in certified markets (e.g., Fair Trade, the Rainforest

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Organic certification, export market access and the impacts of policy: Bayesian estimation of avocado smallholder “times‐to‐organic certification” in Michoacán Mexico

Cited by 34 publications

References 37 publications

Is quality certification in fruit and vegetable production a market-driven choice in Greece?

Is quality certification in fruit and vegetable production a market-driven choice in Greece?

Towards being equal to them: Impact of organic certified production systems on women empowerment in agriculture

Can “green food” certification achieve both sustainable practices and economic benefits in a transitional economy? The case of kiwifruit growers in Henan Province, China

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