Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica?
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 co...
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RepoCATIE92312021-12-22T18:40:02Z Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica? Snider, Anna Gutiérrez Montes, Isabel A. Sibelet, Nicole Faure, Guy 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 multiplycertified 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. 2019-11-26T16:34:08Z 2019-11-26T16:34:08Z 2017 Artículo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9231 en Food Policy. 69:231-242. 2017. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf ELSEVIER |
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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 multiplycertified
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. |
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Snider, Anna Gutiérrez Montes, Isabel A. Sibelet, Nicole Faure, Guy |
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Snider, Anna Gutiérrez Montes, Isabel A. Sibelet, Nicole Faure, Guy Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica? |
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Snider, Anna Gutiérrez Montes, Isabel A. Sibelet, Nicole Faure, Guy |
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Snider, Anna |
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Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica? |
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Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica? |
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Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica? |
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Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica? |
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Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica? |
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small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in costa rica? |
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