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| Title: | Can the Private Sector be Competitive and Contribute to Development through Sustainable Agricultural Business? A Case Study of Coffee in Latin America |
| Authors: | Kilian, Bernard
Pratt, Lawrence
Jones, Connie
Villalobos, Andres |
| Keywords: | Sustainable coffee
Certification
Economics
Central America |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| Abstract: | Latin America's coffee market continues in economic crisis. Sustainable coffee production and certification is one option for economic recuperation and social and environmental sustainability for the region's coffee producers. This paper explores four viable certification processes (Organic, Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, and Utz Kapeh) by first defining their requirements. Then, an assessment of microeconomic impacts is given, where the production processes of sustainable and conventional coffee are evaluated and compared. Finally, the paper presents their future relevance and entrepreneurial potential by considering long-term market perspectives. Information about sustainable production in Latin America was gathered through primary sources in interviews and markets analyses conducted by the CIMS Foundation. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/8149 |
| Institution/Association: | International Food and Agribusiness Management Review>Volume 07, Issue 03, 2004 |
| Total Pages: | 25 |
| Language: | English |
| From Page: | 21 |
| To Page: | 45 |
| Collections: | Volume 07, Issue 3, 2004
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