Titre |
An Economic Exploration of Smallholder Value Chains : Coffee Transactions in Chiapas, Mexico |
Titre traduit |
Analyse économique des chaînes de valeur des petits producteurs : Transactions de café au Chiapas, Mexique |
Lien hypertexte |
Site de researchgate.net |
Auteur |
LUNA, Fatima ; WILSON, Paul |
Titre du périodique |
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review |
Date |
2015 |
Pagination ou Durée d'écoute |
22 p. |
Notes |
Sonoran Institute (Tucson, USA) - Article scientifique |
Résumé |
Abstract : «Fair trade and vertical integration represent two popular approaches for enhancing the incomes of organized farmers in a volatile coffee market as compared to the uncertain plight of independent, non-affiliated growers. A mixed method approach, utilizing informal interviews and a household survey in Chiapas, Mexico, analyzed three coffee trading regimes: independent, non-affiliated farmers, and growers in cooperatives pursuing a fair trade or vertical integration strategy. Survey and econometric results indicate that concentration on specialty coffee production with a portfolio of foreign contracts is economically preferable to a vertically integrated cooperative, which in turn produces more favorable coffee prices for smallholders than the non-affiliated conventional, coyote-dominated trading system.»
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