Market access, organic farming and productivity: the effects of Fair Trade addiliation on Thai farmer producers groups
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The study analyses the impact of Fair Trade (FT) and organic farming on a sample of
FT rice producers in Thailand. It finds that per capita income from agriculture is
positively and significantly affected by years of organic certification and FT affiliation.
The estimated FT and organic certification contributions to producers’ economic
well-being are higher when account is taken of the relatively higher proportion of selfconsumption
among affiliated farmers. But the per capita income effect does not
translate into higher productivity owing to a concurrent increase in hours worked.