Title: INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODELS IN THE THAI HORTICULTURAL SECTOR: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF GLOBALGAP CERTIFICATION
Abstract: Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private Strategies for Agro-Enterprise Development, pp. 25-60 (2014) No AccessChapter 2: INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODELS IN THE THAI HORTICULTURAL SECTOR: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF GLOBALGAP CERTIFICATIONSarah Holzapfel and Meike WollniSarah HolzapfelDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen, Germany and Meike WollniDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen, Germanyhttps://doi.org/10.1142/9789814596619_0002Cited by:1 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Abstract: In recent years, compliance with international food safety and quality standards, such as GlobalGAP, has become increasingly important for farmers in developing countries supplying high-value markets. Adoption of the GlobalGAP standard is challenging and external support by exporters, donors or other support agencies is often necessary to enable small-scale farmers to adopt. While the factors influencing GlobalGAP adoption have been analyzed in several studies, the impacts of the standard on smallholders' livelihoods remain less clear. This study for the first time presents a panel data analysis of the effects of GlobalGAP certification on net household income (NHI) and producer prices, using a sample of 214 farmers in the Thai horticultural sector. We find that the impacts of GlobalGAP certification differ depending on whether farmers are organized in producer-managed or exporter-managed certification groups. In the producer-managed groups, GlobalGAP certification has led to significantly higher prices and to significantly higher NHIs. In the exporter-managed certification groups, however, the effect of GlobalGAP certification on both prices and NHI is insignificant. Our results suggest that monetary benefits of GlobalGAP adoption do exist, but in cases where exporters finance GlobalGAP certification, those benefits are not passed on to farmers. FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By 1Global and National Food Safety and Quality Standards: Implications and Impacts for Farmers in Thailand and IndiaSarah Holzapfel and Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa3 July 2020 Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private Strategies for Agro-Enterprise DevelopmentMetrics History PDF download
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-09-26
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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