The role of coffee in the land usepatterns and decisions of eastern Chiapas looms as akey ingredient in the social and … involving coffee. Theintroduction and spread of coffee, as well as themarket and production changes related to this export … grassrootscampesino producer organizations and the state'snow-defunct National Coffee Institute (INMECAFE)helped set the stage for the …

major coffee exporting countries in the world, in terms of their infrastructures, the roles of external shocks, technology … identifies links and dynamics in the value chains that have been developed in the coffee industry in both countries to improve … Colombia and Vietnam produce different types of coffee, and that both have implemented diverse strategies in order to be more …

Coffee is traded in one of the few international markets ever subject to effective political regulation. In Open …-Economy Politics, Robert Bates explores the origins, the operations, and the collapse of the International Coffee Organization, an … international "government of coffee" that was formed in the 1960s. In so doing, he addresses key issues in international political …

On November 4th 2007, along the Grijalva River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, has occurred one of the largest …

In September 1998 tropical storm “Earl” swept southern Mexico, producing intense rainfall in the states of Oaxaca and … Chiapas. Among the most devastated cities was Motozintla, located in the drainage basin of the Allende, La Mina and Xelajú …</Superscript> m<Superscript>3</Superscript> of sediment. Communication of Motozintla with the rest of the Chiapas State was …