Rust is a disease that leads to considerable losses in the worldwide coffee industry. There are many contributing … factors to the onset of coffee rust e.g. Crop management decisions and the prevailing weather. In Colombia the coffee …-level classifier ensembles for coffee rust estimation in Colombian crops using Back Propagation Neural Networks, Regression Tree M5 and …

Purpose – The presence of fair trade coffee in cafés may help in strategic positioning and market differentiation. This … surveyed on their perceptions of café and coffee attributes including taste, price and store atmosphere. Respondents were … part. Customers stated they expected to pay more for fair trade coffee, although on average not as much as current margins …

This case describes the situation surrounding the entrance of Starbucks International Coffee into the Kuwait …

in developed countries, have fostered the presence of organic coffee supermarket shelves of such countries. Proposes two … models of B2B relationships for the Brazilian supply of organic coffee to international markets, more specifically, 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 …

reports a case study of a Nicaraguan coffee cooperative, Soppexcca, which received substantial donor support at the time of … the international coffee crisis between 1999 and 2004. The study used a framework of organizational structure, strategy … significance beyond the coffee sector in Nicaragua, wherever and in whatever sector building cooperative capacity is an important …

characteristics and marketing practices of ethically labelled coffee, i.e. type of ethical issue, label issuer, amount of information … importance to the distribution strategy of ethically labelled coffee, followed by the type of ethical label, and the issuer of … the label. Ethically labelled coffee should be available in ordinary supermarkets and be presented along with non …

Coffee is the developing world′s largest export after oil, and coffee revenues are vital to many nations. However … discouraging in the US where volume is on a long‐term decline. The Promotion Fund of the International Coffee Agreement attempts to … encourage consumption. The fund is financially supported by coffee producing countries that have signed the International Coffee …

coffee retailers from the perspective of socially responsible global sourcing. This paper evaluates the impact of socially … responsible sourcing on the operating efficiencies of specialty coffee retailers before and after implementing fair …‐trade practices and compares the operating efficiencies of fair‐trade coffee retailers to those of non‐fair‐trade coffee retailers …

's tourism sector using coffee as one essential tourism experience, thereby improving the socio-economic conditions of the local … communities who depend on coffee for their livelihoods. Design/methodology/approach Based upon qualitative focus group discussions … undertaken with key informants in both the coffee and tourism sectors in Ethiopia. Findings Despite the existing tourism …