domestic deregulation affected the coffee sector, its main source of export revenues. Using data from three household surveys … covering the 1990s, the authors confirm a strong correlation between changes in coffee prices (in a liberalized market) and … dependence on coffee farming. Regression analysis (based on pooled data from the three surveys) of consumption expenditure on …

An estimated 80,000-100,000 Dominican farmers produce coffee and cocoa, nearly 40 percent of all agricultural producers … activities. The majority of coffee and cocoa producers are small-scale and most are located in environmentally sensitive … exist in Dominican Republic for production of high-quality coffee and cocoa. To be competitive and sustainable, some changes …

contracts without product grading. To do this, the study uses original data from a survey of 450 coffee producers in Tanzania …'s coffee market that take advantage of contractual variation in the Kilimanjaro region. The results indicate that coffee …