Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106718 |
Fairtrade, Agrochemical Input Use, and Effects on Human Health and the Environment | |
Jorge Sellare, Eva-Marie Meemken, Matin Qaim | |
2020-06-09 | |
发表期刊 | Ecological Economics
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出版年 | 2020 |
英文摘要 | It is often assumed that voluntary sustainability standards – such as Fairtrade – could not only improve the socioeconomic wellbeing of smallholder farmers in developing countries but could also help to reduce negative health and environmental impacts of agricultural production. The empirical evidence is thin, as most previous studies on the impact of sustainability standards only focused on economic indicators, such as prices, yields, and incomes. Here, we argue that Fairtrade and other sustainability standards can affect agrochemical input use through various mechanisms with possible positive and negative health and environmental effects. We use data from farmers and rural workers in Cote d'Ivoire to analyze effects of Fairtrade certification on fertilizer and pesticide use, as well as on human health and environmental toxicity. Fairtrade increases chemical input quantities and aggregated levels of toxicity. Nevertheless, Fairtrade reduces the incidence of pesticide-related acute health symptoms among farmers and workers. Certified cooperatives are more likely to offer training and other services related to the safe handling of pesticides and occupational health, which can reduce negative externalities in spite of higher input quantities. These results suggest that simplistic assumptions about the health and environmental effects of sustainability standards may be inappropriate. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/274329 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jorge Sellare, Eva-Marie Meemken, Matin Qaim. Fairtrade, Agrochemical Input Use, and Effects on Human Health and the Environment[J]. Ecological Economics,2020. |
APA | Jorge Sellare, Eva-Marie Meemken, Matin Qaim.(2020).Fairtrade, Agrochemical Input Use, and Effects on Human Health and the Environment.Ecological Economics. |
MLA | Jorge Sellare, Eva-Marie Meemken, Matin Qaim."Fairtrade, Agrochemical Input Use, and Effects on Human Health and the Environment".Ecological Economics (2020). |
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