Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa

IF 3.3 4区环境科学与生态学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Journal of Land Use Science Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/1747423X.2022.2097455

Thompson W.J, Blaser-Hart W.J, Joerin J, Krütli P, D. E, Kopainsky B, Chavez E., Garrett R.D, Six J

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ABSTRACT Sustainability certification has been posited as a key governance mechanism to enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers. Whilst many certifications now include climate resilience in their standards, their ability to deliver this for smallholders remains untested. We take the case of the 2015–16 drought-shock to cocoa production in Ghana to examine whether certification can enhance smallholder climate resilience. We used a novel transdisciplinary methodology combining participatory outcome definition with household surveys, biophysical measurements, satellite data and counterfactual analysis. Utilising our climate resilience framework, we find that certification has a strong effect on the adoption of basic management, e.g. fertilization, but a weak influence on more complex resilience strategies, e.g. agroforest diversification. Beyond certification, we identify strong regional patterns in resilience. These findings suggest that certification has some potential to enhance climate resilience but greater focus on facilitating diversification and adapting to sub-national contexts is required for improved effectiveness.

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Journal of Land Use Science Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Land Use Science provides a central outlet for high-quality articles on theoretical and empirical aspects of land-use science at the interface of social and environmental systems. The Journal brings together an array of research perspectives at multiple temporal, spatial and social scales that contribute a better understanding of land-system dynamics and communicate scientific advances towards attaining land-system sustainability.