Contract farming for organic cocoa benefits Ugandan smallholders

This DIIS working paper within the 'Standards and Agro-food exports from Africa' (SAFE) research programme examines the revenue effects of certified organic contract farming and the use of organic farming methods in a cocoa scheme in western Uganda in 2005. Compared to a control group of conventional farmers positive revenue effects from scheme participation and, more modestly, from use of organic farming methods are found. The study is based on a household survey and uses econometric methods.