Small farmers' preferences for the design of certification schemes: Does gender matter?

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Farmers' preferences for sustainability certification are analyzed, building on a choice experiment conducted with smallholder coffee growers in Uganda. Farmers have positive general attitudes towards certification. While they dislike bans of productivity-enhancing inputs, benefits associated with agricultural training and special female support are appreciated. Many also see requirements that have to be met for certification as a welcome nudge to invest in better farm management and quality upgrading. Gender-disaggregated data reveal that female farmers have a higher preference for sustainability certification than male farmers. Also within households, significant preference heterogeneity between males and females is found for some certification attributes.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GlobalFood Discussion Papers ; No. 83

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Sustainable Development ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets ; Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness ; Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
• Subject: choice experiment ; farmer preferences ; food standards ; gender ; mixed logit models

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Meemken, Eva-Marie ; Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan ; Qaim, Matin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Research Training Group (RTG) 1666 - GlobalFood
• (where): Göttingen
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/141668
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET