Agro-food quality certification, agricultural organizations, and farm performance: evidence from vegetable farmers in China

Agro-food quality certification has been gaining greater importance, because it contributes to both agricultural sustainability and food quality. However, small-scale farmers in developing countries have difficulties obtaining the economic benefits acquired from are unclear. This paper investigates effects of agro-food on farm performance which is indicated by profit, yield price. The impacts organizations, farmer cooperatives companies particular, adoption explored. We also investigate organizations certified farmers. A dataset 410 vegetable China applied, propensity score matching (PSM) method employed empirical analysis address selection bias reverse causality. Our study finds that, overall, does not significantly influence performance. Cooperative membership positively influences farmers, while contract farming generate additional for