This paper defines three types of typical certified farms in Kenyan export production: smallholder farms, large-scale contracted farms, and exporter-owned farms. It assesses their economic performance, compares the financial cost of compliance with the EurepGAP standard, and analyses transaction costs. Results show that larger farms are not generally performing more efficiently compared to smallholders who implemented the EurepGAP standard. Despite higher monitoring costs as a result of the introduction of standards, smallholder vegetable producers remain an important source for the exporter companies.
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TI - Export vegetable production in Kenya under EurepGAP standard: is large "more beautiful" than small?
AU - Mithöfer, D.
AU - Asfaw, S.
AU - Waibel, H.
AU - Mausch, K.
AB - This paper defines three types of typical certified farms in Kenyan export production: smallholder farms, large-scale contracted farms, and exporter-owned farms. It assesses their economic performance, compares the financial cost of compliance with the EurepGAP standard, and analyses transaction costs. Results show that larger farms are not generally performing more efficiently compared to smallholders who implemented the EurepGAP standard. Despite higher monitoring costs as a result of the introduction of standards, smallholder vegetable producers remain an important source for the exporter companies.
PY - 2009
UR - https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/32311/
KW - agricultural economics, agriculture, costs, crop production, exports, industries, vegetables
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%T Export vegetable production in Kenya under EurepGAP standard: is large "more beautiful" than small?
%A Mithöfer, D.
%A Asfaw, S.
%A Waibel, H.
%A Mausch, K.
%D 2009
%U https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/32311/
%X This paper defines three types of typical certified farms in Kenyan export production: smallholder farms, large-scale contracted farms, and exporter-owned farms. It assesses their economic performance, compares the financial cost of compliance with the EurepGAP standard, and analyses transaction costs. Results show that larger farms are not generally performing more efficiently compared to smallholders who implemented the EurepGAP standard. Despite higher monitoring costs as a result of the introduction of standards, smallholder vegetable producers remain an important source for the exporter companies.
%K agricultural economics
%K agriculture
%K costs
%K crop production
%K exports
%K industries
%K vegetables
Publication year
2009
ISSN
0047-245X
Authors
Mithöfer, D.; Asfaw, S.; Waibel, H.; Mausch, K.
Language
English
Keywords
agricultural economics, agriculture, costs, crop production, exports, industries, vegetables
Source
Journal of Food Distribution Research. 40(3): 115-129
Geographic
Kenya
