| Titre |
Farmers’ preferences for Fair Trade contracting in Benin |
| Titre traduit |
Préférences des producteurs pour les contrats de commerce équitable au Bénin |
| Lien hypertexte |
Site de ideas.repec.org |
| Date |
2015/09 |
| Pagination ou Durée d'écoute |
27 p. |
| Notes |
University of Leuven (Belgium), Department of Earth of Environmental Sciences, Division of Bioeconomics, Working Paper
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| Résumé |
Abstract : «Private standards –such as Fair Trade (FT) –have emerged as a response to consumer, civil society and corporate concern about the conditions under which imported food is produced. A large empirical literature exists on the welfare implications of smallholder participation in FT schemes and on consumers’willingness to pay for ethical products. However, the question whether smallholder farmers prefer to produce under FT has never been studied. Understanding smallholders’ preferences is crucial in light of the main critiques on FT namely that the poorest smallholders are often excluded and that FT is too supply-driven. Using a choice experiment, we investigate preferences of rice smallholders for (organic) FT in Benin and compare the value of three contracts (domestic contract, FT, organic FT). We find that farmers prefer domestic contracts over FT contracts. They prefer contracts with fewer requirements but contract benefits can outweigh the costs related to these requirements in the case of FT contracts. This does not hold for FT contracts with organic standards. Our results imply that adding organic requirements to FT contracts may undermine the adoption and spread of FT certification and limit the expansion of FT production and trade.»
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CDTM de Paris
Centre de ressources sur le commerce équitable
