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dc.contributor.authorBrako, D.E.
dc.contributor.authorAsare, R.
dc.contributor.authorAlexandros, G.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-02T13:09:11Z
dc.date.available2022-08-02T13:09:11Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-22
dc.identifier.citationBrako, D.E., Richard, A. & Alexandros, G. (2020). Do voluntary certification standards improve yields and wellbeing? Evidence from oil palm and cocoa smallholders in Ghana. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19(1),1-24.
dc.identifier.issn1473-5903
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7601
dc.description.abstractCocoa and oil palm production are major agricultural activities in Ghana, contributing substantially to the national economy and rural livelihoods. Even though smallholders produce practically all cocoa and a large fraction of oil palm in Ghana, their production is currently characterized by low yields and negative environmental and socioeconomic outcomes. Different certification standards have been promoted to enhance oil palm and cocoa sustainability in Ghana. This paper assesses the impact of certification standards on farm yields and the wellbeing of oil palm and cocoa smallholders. We focus on two sites of Ghana using a combination of monetary and non-monetary wellbeing indicators and Propensity Score Matching (PSM). Through certification, oil palm and cocoa smallholders adopt sustainable production practices (albeit to different extents), with certification having a mostly significant positive effect on farm yields, income and multidimensional poverty for both types of crop smallholders. However, certified cocoa smallholders have a relatively lower income diversification, which increases their vulnerability to price and yield fluctuations. It is important to build farmer capacity with income diversification strategies, possibly through the certification training received and the re-investment of the economic gains obtained through premiums and yield gains.
dc.description.sponsorshipJapan Science and Technology Agency
dc.format.extent1-24
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectIncome
dc.subjectHousehold Consumption
dc.subjectYields
dc.subjectMultidimensional Poverty Index
dc.subjectOil Palms
dc.subjectCocoa (plant)
dc.titleDo voluntary certification standards improve yields and wellbeing? Evidence from oil palm and cocoa smallholders in Ghana
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Tokyo
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidBRAKO:2020
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectCocoa
cg.iitasubjectNatural Resource Management
cg.journalInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
cg.notesPublished online: 22 Aug 2020
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2020.1807893
cg.iitaauthor.identifierRichard Asare: 0000-0001-6798-7821
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue1
cg.identifier.volume19


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