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Article

Organic Certification, Online Market Access, and Agricultural Product Prices: Evidence from Chinese Apple Farmers

College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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Agriculture 2024, 14(5), 669; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14050669
Submission received: 27 March 2024 / Revised: 23 April 2024 / Accepted: 24 April 2024 / Published: 25 April 2024
(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management)

Abstract

Motivated by the increasing interest in sustainable agriculture and the potential benefits associated with organic certification, this study employs a multidimensional fixed-effects model to analyze data derived from onsite surveys conducted among 681 apple farmers in the Loess Plateau region of China to explore the influence of organic certification on absolute and relative agricultural product prices given online market access. The findings indicated a significant increase in apple prices among farmers who held organic certifications and engaged in online market sales, with prices rising by CNY1.60 per half kilogram. Additionally, this study highlights that the amalgamation of organic certification with online market access significantly enhances agricultural product prices by facilitating better dissemination of market information among farmers. Furthermore, this research addresses a critical gap in the existing literature by clarifying the differential impact of organic certification across distinct farmer demographics and geographical regions. The more pronounced positive impact of organic certification on prices observed among cooperative members and farmers in the low-altitude areas is particularly noteworthy. These results underscore the crucial role of online market access in achieving premium effects and price stability for organically certified products.
Keywords: organic certification; online market access; absolute price; relative price; farmers; apple; China organic certification; online market access; absolute price; relative price; farmers; apple; China

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Zhang, L.; Liu, D.; Yin, Q.; Liu, J. Organic Certification, Online Market Access, and Agricultural Product Prices: Evidence from Chinese Apple Farmers. Agriculture 2024, 14, 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14050669

AMA Style

Zhang L, Liu D, Yin Q, Liu J. Organic Certification, Online Market Access, and Agricultural Product Prices: Evidence from Chinese Apple Farmers. Agriculture. 2024; 14(5):669. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14050669

Chicago/Turabian Style

Zhang, Li, Dong Liu, Qie Yin, and Jundi Liu. 2024. "Organic Certification, Online Market Access, and Agricultural Product Prices: Evidence from Chinese Apple Farmers" Agriculture 14, no. 5: 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14050669

APA Style

Zhang, L., Liu, D., Yin, Q., & Liu, J. (2024). Organic Certification, Online Market Access, and Agricultural Product Prices: Evidence from Chinese Apple Farmers. Agriculture, 14(5), 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14050669

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