RT Article
T1 Making Room for Smallholder Cooperatives in Tanzanian Tea Production: Can Fairtrade Do That?
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 108
IS 4
SP 451
OP 465
A1 Loconto, Allison Marie
A1 Simbua, Emmanuel Frank
A2 Simbua, Emmanuel Frank
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785645250
AB The objective of this article is to examine the different ways that smallholders are brought into Fairtrade certification schemes in the Tanzanian tea industry. We examine the different ownership relations of processing factories and the perceived benefits of these different arrangements. We use descriptive qualitative analysis based on qualitative interviews and focus groups conducted between 2008 and 2010 to identify the significance between factory ownership organization and Fairtrade certification. We find that there is a movement toward innovation in the organizational strategies, which includes new ownership arrangements of processing factories and outgrower contracts that have been associated with certified Fairtrade production. We also suggest that organizational innovation is significant for obtaining scheme success yet perceived benefits of and increased information about Fairtrade production is independent from ownership shares in processing.
K1 Tea
K1 Tanzania
K1 Global value chains
K1 Governance
K1 Ownership
K1 Fairtrade
DO 10.1007/s10551-011-1101-9