Sustainable cocoa production: a question of taste or survival? Eliciting farmers’ preferences with a two-step choice experiment
• Despite deliberative workshop cocoa farmers' preferences remained relatively stable. • Cocoa farmers favor organic production and recommendations of technical extension services from the government. • Intermediaries hold a strong position with respect to commercialization within the cocoa supply chain. • Socioeconomic barriers hinder the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. • Stable and equitable conditions are key to promote sustainable cocoa production.
Authors
- Adriana Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-027X)
- Maritza Satama‐Bermeo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4834-901X)
- Roland Olschewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3027-2897)
- Guillermo Zambrano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2471-3139)
- Karen Ramírez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1217-1638)
- Léa Lamotte
- Laura García-Espigares
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (EC)
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (CH)
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2025.102051
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.74