Environmental and Economic Impacts of Growing Certified Organic Coffee in Colombia

According to advocates, eco-certification can improve developing country farmers’ environmental and economic performance. However, these notional benefits can be undercut by self-selection: the tendency of relatively wealthy farmers already meeting eco-certification standards to disproportionately p...

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Main Authors:	Ibanez, Marcela, Blackman, Allen
Format:	Artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2020
Subjects:	IMPACTO AMBIENTAL CULTIVO CAFE ORGANICO IMPACTO ECONOMICO CERTIFICACION AGRICULTORES PRODUCCION AGRICOLA BENEFICIOS PRODUCTORES DE CAFÉ COLOMBIA
Online Access:	https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9513

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spelling	RepoCATIE95132022-02-12T18:11:48Z Environmental and Economic Impacts of Growing Certified Organic Coffee in Colombia Ibanez, Marcela Blackman, Allen IMPACTO AMBIENTAL CULTIVO CAFE ORGANICO IMPACTO ECONOMICO CERTIFICACION AGRICULTORES PRODUCCION AGRICOLA BENEFICIOS PRODUCTORES DE CAFÉ COLOMBIA According to advocates, eco-certification can improve developing country farmers’ environmental and economic performance. However, these notional benefits can be undercut by self-selection: the tendency of relatively wealthy farmers already meeting eco-certification standards to disproportionately participate. Empirical evidence on this matter is scarce. Using original farm-level survey data along with matching and difference-in-differences matching models, we analyze the producer-level effects of organic coffee certification in southeast Colombia. We find that certification improves coffee growers’ environmental performance. It significantly reduces sewage disposal in the fields and increases the adoption of organic fertilizer. However, we are not able to discern economic benefits. The return on certified production is not significantly different from that on conventional production. 2020-08-25T17:48:45Z 2020-08-25T17:48:45Z 2015-02 Artículo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9513 en Environment for Development (February 2015) info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf
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topic	IMPACTO AMBIENTAL CULTIVO CAFE ORGANICO IMPACTO ECONOMICO CERTIFICACION AGRICULTORES PRODUCCION AGRICOLA BENEFICIOS PRODUCTORES DE CAFÉ COLOMBIA
spellingShingle	IMPACTO AMBIENTAL CULTIVO CAFE ORGANICO IMPACTO ECONOMICO CERTIFICACION AGRICULTORES PRODUCCION AGRICOLA BENEFICIOS PRODUCTORES DE CAFÉ COLOMBIA Ibanez, Marcela Blackman, Allen Environmental and Economic Impacts of Growing Certified Organic Coffee in Colombia
description	According to advocates, eco-certification can improve developing country farmers’ environmental and economic performance. However, these notional benefits can be undercut by self-selection: the tendency of relatively wealthy farmers already meeting eco-certification standards to disproportionately participate. Empirical evidence on this matter is scarce. Using original farm-level survey data along with matching and difference-in-differences matching models, we analyze the producer-level effects of organic coffee certification in southeast Colombia. We find that certification improves coffee growers’ environmental performance. It significantly reduces sewage disposal in the fields and increases the adoption of organic fertilizer. However, we are not able to discern economic benefits. The return on certified production is not significantly different from that on conventional production.
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title	Environmental and Economic Impacts of Growing Certified Organic Coffee in Colombia
title_short	Environmental and Economic Impacts of Growing Certified Organic Coffee in Colombia
title_full	Environmental and Economic Impacts of Growing Certified Organic Coffee in Colombia
title_fullStr	Environmental and Economic Impacts of Growing Certified Organic Coffee in Colombia
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Environmental and Economic Impacts of Growing Certified Organic Coffee in Colombia

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