dc.creator | Snider, Anna | |
dc.creator | Gutiérrez Montes, Isabel A. | |
dc.creator | Sibelet, Nicole | |
dc.creator | Faure, Guy | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-26T16:34:08Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-20T13:07:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-26T16:34:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-20T13:07:39Z | |
dc.date.created | 2019-11-26T16:34:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier | https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9231 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/4549040 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | ELSEVIER | |
dc.relation | Food Policy. 69:231-242. 2017. | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.title | Small farmer cooperatives and voluntary coffee certifications Rewarding progressive farmers of engendering widespread change in Costa Rica? | |
dc.type | Artículo | |