@article{Subervie:126704,
      recid = {126704},
      author = {Subervie, Julie and Vagneron, Isabelle},
      title = {Can Fresh Produce Farmers Benefit from Global Gap  Certification? The case of lychee producers in Madagascar},
      address = {2012},
      number = {1007-2016-79441},
      pages = {28},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {It has only been a few years since the private standard  GlobalGap has been introduced in the
Malagasy lychee value  chain. Since the year 2005, under pressure from some  European importers,
many exporters have chosen to intensify  relations with small-scale farmers and have assisted them  in
achieving GlobalGap certification. Indeed, in contrast  with countries where farmers seeking
certification have to  pay for it, in Madagascar certification costs have been  entirely supported by
exporters themselves, often with  financial support and technical assistance from donors and  trade
facilitators. This has entailed an unexpected  situation, characterized by a boom in the number  of
certified farmers when development programs started,  followed by a disengagement of some
exporters, who have  chosen to opt out of the GlobalGap compliance process as  soon as financial
supports ended. Taking advantage of this  very specific context in the form of a natural  experiment,
we aim at understanding potential mechanisms  through which Malagasy farmers may benefit from
GlobalGap  standards and assessing consequences on their marketing  performances using original
dataset. The results generally  do not show any significant impact of certification on  prices received
by farmers. However, they suggest that  certified farmers may have an opportunity to sell  larger
quantities because of a mechanical interest from  exporters or because they are able to improve both
quality  and quantity by using new infrastructure built for  requirements. On average, currently
certified producers  sell about 4.5 tons, which means 1 ton more than what they  would have sold, had
they not been uncertified. This  estimate appears driven by certified farmers who carry  their product
to the treatment plant by themselves.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126704},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.126704},
}