Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Gebreeyesus, M. 
Author-Email: gebreeyesus@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Title: Firms' adoption of international standards: Evidence from the Ethiopian  floriculture sector
Abstract: Global trade in agriculture and food products is increasingly governed by an array of standards.
	 A survey conducted in 2010 covering all operational firms in the nascent floriculture industry
	 in Ethiopia revealed that only 36 per cent have managed to acquire certification for international
	 private standards. This study uses a census-based panel dataset from Ethiopian floriculture to
	 empirically examine the determinants of firms adoption of international private standards. It also
	 analyses overall industry level efforts and public-private partnership to launch and implement a national
	 scheme for Good Agricultural Practice and build firms capacity to comply with the standards. 
Classification-JEL: L15, O19, Q17
Keywords: standards, compatibility, product quality, certification, agriculture, floriculture exports, 
 	international trade, estate farms, Ethiopia, Africa 
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20140131
Number: 2014-007
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2014/wp2014-007.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 371 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014007