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Firm adoption of international standards: evidence from the Ethiopian floriculture sector
Author(s) -
Gebreeyesus Mulu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1574-0862
pISSN - 0169-5150
DOI - 10.1111/agec.12203
Subject(s) - floriculture , private sector , business , order (exchange) , general partnership , agriculture , real estate , scale (ratio) , panel data , agricultural economics , international trade , economics , economic growth , finance , ecology , botany , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , econometrics
Global trade in agriculture and food products is increasingly governed by an array of standards. In order to continue exporting, developing countries have little choice but to comply with the new requirements. This study uses a census based panel data set from the nascent floriculture industry in Ethiopia to empirically examine the determinants of firms’ adoption of international private standards in fresh horticulture produce in large‐scale estate farms. The econometric analysis shows that larger size, older, and foreign owned firms are more likely to adopt the private standards. Moreover, this study analyzes the overall industry level efforts and public–private partnership to launch and implement a national scheme GAP and build a firm's capacity to comply with the standards.