Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Zusammenfassung -- Resumen Ejecutivo -- Acknowledgements -- - Chapter 1 -Introduction -- - Chapter 2 -The Certification Standards and the ConceptualFramework -- - Chapter 3 -Research Area and Research Design -- - Chapter 4 -Profits and Poverty: Certification's Troubled Link forNicaragua's Organic and Fairtrade Coffee Producers -- - Chapter 5 -Justified Hopes or Utopian Thinking? The Suitabilityof Coffee Certification Schemes to Increase FoodSecurity for Small-Scale Producers -- - Chapter 6 -Organic and Fairtrade Coffee Production: The Role ofCooperative Business Models for the Success ofSmallholder Coffee Certification in Nicaragua -- - Chapter 7 -The Added Value of Social and EnvironmentalStandards for Smallholder Producers - A Case study ofNicaragua's Coffee Value Chains -- - Chapter 8 -Summarizing Discussion and Conclusions -- - Chapter 9 -Bibliography -- - Appendix A -Household Questionnaire -- - Appendix B -Cooperative Questionnaire -- - Appendix C -Guiding Questions for Semi-Structured FarmerInterviews -- - Appendix D -Topics for Focus Group Sessions.