Benefits of belonging to a coffee organization: The case of Santa María Yucuhiti, Oaxaca

Abstract

This article uses cross-sectional data to analyze whether coffee producers in the municipality of Santa María Yucuhiti, Oaxaca -whose farmland is characterized by heterogeneous biophysical and socioeconomic conditions- have greater possibilities of accessing credit and improved productive management practices in an organic production context. Better access allows them to raise their prices, increase their production, and reduce the presence of diseases by belonging to an organization affiliated with a consolidated organization. The results indicate that producers belonging to these organizations have increased their production capabilities, as well as their income. However, it was also found that there are various socioeconomic and biophysical conditions that may well prevent such possibilities from materializing.