
Does agricultural certification (like Fairtrade) reduce poverty? Dr Carlos Oya
I buy Fairtrade bananas, assuming farmers are get…
ROCKING OUR PRIORS · Dr Alice Evans
October 17, 201831m 52s
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Show Notes
I buy Fairtrade bananas, assuming farmers are getting a better deal.
But a new systematic review finds that agricultural certification only results in a marginally higher price for producers, does not improve household incomes, and negatively affects farm workers' wages.
Why is this? And how should we respond?
You can read the World Development paper here, by CarlosOya, Florian Schaefer, & DafniSkalidou
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305750X18303012
Ungated summary: http://www.3ieimpact.org/media/filer_public/2017/06/07/srs9-agricuture-certification-scehmes.pdf