I usually buy Fairtrade bananas, assuming this benefits farmers.
But does it? A new systematic review suggests that agricultural certification only results in a marginally higher price for producers, does not improve household incomes, and negatively affects farm workers' wages.
Why is this? And how should we respond?
You can read the World Development paper here, by CarlosOya, Florian Schaefer, & DafniSkalidoub
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305750X18303012
Ungated summary: http://www.3ieimpact.org/media/filer_public/2017/06/07/srs9-agricuture-certification-scehmes.pdf
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