Environmental impacts of certification programmes at Colombian coffee plantations

Diego Ivan Caviedes Rubio, Daniel Ricardo Delgado and Alfredo Olaya Amaya

Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales, 2023, vol. 23, issue 02

Abstract: [EN] Certification programmes are often promoted as a sustainable solution for the negative environmental and socio-economic effects generated by agricultural activities. This scope review assesses the seven most adopted certification programmes in Colombian coffee plantations and their ecological, economic and social impacts. In addition, this scope review characterises the coffee regions where the studies are conducted and the main methodological approaches that are used. The review revealed that the main methodological approach used in the studies is the mixed approach and that thelargest number of studies is not conducted in the departments that report the highest coffee production rates. The main certification program assessed in this review is the Rainforest Alliance. However, this study also reports the existence of several gaps caused by multi-certification effects. In total, 87 reports of ecological, economic, and social impacts were identified. Out of the 87 environmental impact reports of the certifications identified in this study, 66 were positive and only 21 were negative. [ES] Los programas de certificación a menudo se promueven como una solución sostenible para los efectos ambientales y socioeconómicos negativos generados por las actividades agrícolas. Esta revisión de alcance evalúa los siete programas de certificación más adoptados en los cafetales colombianos y sus impactos ecológicos, económicos y sociales. Además, esta revisión de alcance caracteriza las regiones cafetaleras donde se realizan los estudios y los principales enfoques metodológicos que se utilizan. La revisión reveló que el principal enfoque metodológico utilizado en los estudios es el mixto y que la mayor cantidad de estudios no se realiza en los departamentos que reportan las mayores tasas de producción de café. El principal programa de certificación estudiado es Rainforest Alliance (RA). Sin embargo, este estudio también reporta la existencia de vacíos en los efectos generados por la multicertificación. En total, se identificaron 87 impactos ecológicos, económicos y sociales. De los 87 impactos identificados, 66 fueron positivos y solo 21 negativos.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.339121

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