The coffee paradox

Description

This book shows that the coffee paradox exists because what farmers sell and what consumers buy are becoming increasingly 'different' coffees. It is not material quality that contemporary coffee consumers pay for, but mostly symbolic quality and in-person services. As long as coffee farmers and their organizations do not control at least parts of this 'immaterial' production, they will keep receiving low prices. The Coffee Paradox seeks ways out from this situation by addressing some key questions: What kinds of quality attributes are combined in a coffee cup or coffee package? Who is producing these attributes? How can part of these attributes be produced by developing country farmers? To what extent are specialty and sustainable coffees achieving these objectives?

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Other Editions

• The coffee paradox: global markets, commodity trade and the elusive promise of developmentDistributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan2005-01-01
• The Coffee Paradox2005-01-01
• The Coffee ParadoxPaperbackZed Books2006-02-02
• The Coffee ParadoxHardcoverZed Books2006-02-02
• Coffee ParadoxZed Books, Limited2008-01-01
• Coffee ParadoxZed Books, Limited2013-01-01