The reduction of the income share from coffee at noncertified farms (from 24% to 15%) marks a large difference
with multi-certified farms that get to one third of household
income from coffee. However, expenditures on food purchases
increase more on multi-certified farms that sacrifice land use of
food crops for cash crop production. Initially, non-certified
farmers saved twice the amount of multi-certified households,
while at the end multi-certified households set aside almost
double the amount of savings compared to non-certified farmers. This reflects their interest in future investments for farming systems intensification