Coffee certification in East Africa : impact on farms, families and cooperatives / edited by Ruerd Ruben, Paul Hoebink.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruben, Ruerd, editor.

Hoebink, Paul, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coffee--Africa, East.

Coffee.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

Wageningen, Netherlands : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Certification of coffee producers is frequently suggested as a promising strategy for improving the position of smallholder farmers in the market. After the launch of the first Fairtrade label in 1988, several other standards have been promoted either by voluntary agencies (Utz-certified) or by private coffee companies. Each coffee label relies on different strategies for enhancing sustainable production and responsible trade. Coffee certification in East Africa is of a rather recent nature but has been rapidly expanding, representing currently 26 percent of the world's sustainable certified coffee supply. Marketing channels, cooperative organisation and household structures show notable differences between Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. Empirical studies on the effects of standards for smallholders are scarce. This book intends to deepen our understanding on the role and functions of coffee certification regimes, based on three innovative approaches: (1) longitudinal field survey data capturing changes in coffee farming systems and effects on household welfare; (2) in-depth interviews and behavioural experiments regarding risk attitudes, trust and investments at cooperative level; and (3) detailed discourse analyses regarding gender roles and female bargaining power within coffee households. The chapters included in this book provide new and original evidence about the impact of coffee certification based on large-scale field surveys and in-depth interviews.

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Table of contents ""; ""List of figures""; ""List of tables""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 - Introduction: Coffee certification in East Africa - searching for impact""; ""1.1 Motivation""; ""1.2 Proliferation of coffee standards""; ""1.3 Impact pathways""; ""1.4 Insights from impact analyses""; ""1.5 Critical issues for reaching impact""; ""1.6. Implications and outlook""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 - The impact of Utz certification on smallholder farmers in Uganda""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Coffee sector in Uganda""; ""2.3 Findings from Ibanda district""

""2.4 Findings from Kamuli district""""2.5 General conclusions and outlook""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 - The effects of coffee certification in Kenya""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 The Kenyan coffee sector""; ""3.3 Impact of certification""; ""3.4 Institutional implications""; ""3.5 Challenges at farm level""; ""3.6 Challenges at cooperative level""; ""3.7 Regional differences""; ""3.8 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Annex ""; ""Chapter 4 - Impact of multiple certification on smallholder coffee farmers� livelihoods""; ""4.1 Introduction""

""4.2 Coffee production and exchange in Ethiopia""""4.3 Impact of multi-certification""; ""4.4 Data and approach""; ""4.5 Measuring the impact of double and triple certification on coffee farmers� livelihood""; ""4.6 Results""; ""4.7 Discussion and implications""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 - Maintaining sustainable livelihoods: effects of Utz certification on market access""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Theoretical framework and hypotheses""; ""5.3 Materials and methods""; ""5.4 Results""; ""5.5 Discussion""; ""5.6 Outlook: new insights and remaining questions""; ""References""

""Annex""""Chapter 6 - Blessing of the bean or curse of the cooperative? � willingness to invest and trust of ""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Theoretical framework""; ""6.3 Research context""; ""6.4 Operationalisation of main concepts""; ""6.5 Research methods""; ""6.6 Results""; ""6.7 Loyalty, trust and investments""; ""6.8 Conclusions and outlook""; ""References""; ""Annex""; ""Chapter 7 - Gender equity within Utz certified coffee cooperatives in Eastern Province, Kenya""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Gender equity""; ""7.3 Analytical framework""; ""7.4 Materials and methods""

""7.5 Gender development at cooperative level""""7.6 Gender relations at household level""; ""7.7 Gender interactions between the cooperative field and the household field""; ""7.8 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8 - Back to the birthplace of the bean: women�s bargaining position and trust in Ethiopian""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Conceptual framework""; ""8.3 Ethiopian context""; ""8.4 Research methods""; ""8.5 Results""; ""8.6 Discussion""; ""8.7 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Annex""; ""About the Authors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 20, 2014).

ISBN:

90-8686-805-3