Sustainability issues along the coffee chain: From the field to the cup

JA Barreto Peixoto, JF Silva… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The coffee industry is one of the most important commercial value chains worldwide.
Nonetheless, it is also associated to several social, economic, and environmental concerns …

Is voluntary certification of tropical agricultural commodities achieving sustainability goals for small-scale producers? A review of the evidence

RS DeFries, J Fanzo, P Mondal… - Environmental …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the last several decades, voluntary certification programs have become a key
approach to promote sustainable supply chains for agricultural commodities. These …

The determinants and economic impacts of membership in coffee farmer cooperatives: recent evidence from rural Ethiopia

D Mojo, C Fischer, T Degefa - Journal of Rural studies, 2017 - Elsevier
Smallholder farmers in developing countries are often encouraged to get organized into
cooperatives mainly to overcome production and marketing constraints that usually hinder …

The economics of fair trade

R Dragusanu, D Giovannucci, N Nunn - Journal of economic …, 2014 - aeaweb.org
Fair Trade is a labeling initiative aimed at improving the lives of the poor in developing
countries by offering better terms to producers and helping them to organize. Although Fair …

The ambivalent impact of coffee certification on farmers' welfare: a matched panel approach for cooperatives in Central Kenya

B Van Rijsbergen, W Elbers, R Ruben, SN Njuguna - World development, 2016 - Elsevier
Certification is promoted to improve rural welfare through better market access and
improved agricultural practices. We compare net effects of Fairtrade-and Utz-Certified coffee …

Smallholders do not eat certificates

P Glasbergen - Ecological Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
Voluntary standards and certification schemes aim to play an important role in the creation of
a more sustainable production of agricultural commodities in the South. In this paper, we …

Reviewing the impact of sustainability certification on food security in developing countries

P Schleifer, Y Sun - Global Food Security, 2020 - Elsevier
What is the impact of sustainability certification on food security in developing countries?
This article explores the issue through a systematic review of the extant scholarship …

Reviewing the impacts of coffee certification programmes on smallholder livelihoods

JG Bray, J Neilson - … of biodiversity science, ecosystem services & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Certification programmes and voluntary standards for sustainability are now a common
feature of many agricultural landscapes worldwide. The rapid expansion of such …

Sustainability certification and palm oil smallholders' livelihood: A comparison between scheme smallholders and independent smallholders in Indonesia

KN Hidayat, P Glasbergen… - International Food and …, 2015 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Most sustainability certifications in Indonesia are developed by Northern-based businesses
and NGOs to regulate the production of agricultural commodities in the South. However …

Effects of certification schemes for agricultural production on socio‐economic outcomes in low‐and middle‐income countries: a systematic review

C Oya, F Schaefer, D Skalidou… - Campbell Systematic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Effects of certification schemes for agricultural production on socio‐economic outcomes in
low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review - Oya - 2017 - Campbell Systematic …