Impacts of Rainforest Alliance Certification on Coffee Farms in Colombia

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Cundinamarca

Variable

Certified Performed Better

No Difference

Noncertified Performed Better

Table 15 cont.

Santander Certified Performed Better

No Difference

Noncertified Performed Better

Sustainability index (SI) score Environmental SI score (S)

Social SI score (S)

Economic SI score (S)

Technological SI score (S)

Integrated SI score

Streamside visual assessment protocol score

Streamside vegetation cover %

Structural indicators of water quality

Biological indicators of water quality Presence of contamination-sensitive macroinvertebrates (BMWP22)

Presence of contamination-sensitive macroinvertebrates (EPT23 species)

Presence of contamination-sensitive macroinvertebrates (ELPT24) species

Dissolved oxygen

Flow rate

Chemical indicators of water quality

Chemical Oxygen Demand Biological Oxygen Demand

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pH

Suspended solids

Biological indicators of soil quality Arthropod richness

Arthropod abundance

Arthropod diversity

Microbial activity

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