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Organic Certification, Agro-Ecological Practices and Return on Investment: Farm Level Evidence from Ghana

Kleemann, Linda; Abdulai, Awudu - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

that enhance yields are important for improving farm revenues and farmer welfare. However, limited evidence exists on the … impact of organic certification on the adoption of agro-ecological practices. In this study, we use unique farm-level data … conditions, as well as how using these measures affect farm outcomes such as return on investment. In the former, we utilize an …

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Is Organic Farming Worth its Investment? The Adoption and Impact of Certified Pineapple Farming in Ghana

Kleemann, Linda; Abdulai, Awudu; Buss, Mareike - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

farming, using recently collected farm-level data of 386 Ghanaian pineapple farmers. We employ an endogenous switching …

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Knowing where organic markets move next: An analysis of developing countries in the pineapple market

Kleemann, Linda - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

As consumers' demand for organic products grows, selling organic products potentially opens up profitable market participation options for farmers in developing countries. This paper studies two aspects of profitability for the producers. It uses hedonic demand theory and empirical analysis to...

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Price Transmission in the Pineapple Market – What Role for Organic Fruit?

Kleemann, Linda; Effenberger, Alexandra - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

As consumers’ demand for organic products and especially organic food grows, organic certification for tropical fruit is increasingly promoted in many developing countries. Certified organic pineapple exports only started taking off after 2005 and are rapidly increasing. The organic and...

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Organic Pineapple Farming in Ghana - A Good Choice for Smallholders?

Kleemann, Linda - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

As consumer demand for organic food grows, organic certification is increasingly promoted in many developing countries. Organic products earn a premium price on the market compared to conventional varieties. Hence, organic production is often seen as a valuable alternative for developing...

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Der Preis des "Grünen Goldes" - Informationen und Informationsdefizite über den Marktwert genetischer Ressourcen

Deke, Oliver - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2004

Genetic resources are living organisms that contain genetic information which is of importance for biotechnological research and development. Facing an accelerated worldwide loss in species diversity, the question is whether commercial trade with genetic resources can generate sufficient...

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