producer-level effects of organic coffee certification in southeast Colombia. We find that certification improves coffee …

coffee production, exports and price. Our empirical specification is consistent with an economic model of the coffee market … study of the effects of unpredictable innovations to ENSO on the Colombian coffee price, while controlling for shocks …) might be beneficial for production and exports and tend to decrease the price of coffee. On the contrary, La Niña conditions …

coffee farmers. Using the case of Mexico and the recent 1998–2002 coffee crisis, I argue that such advocacy of farm-level use … of derivatives markets entails large direct and indirect costs for coffee farmer well-being.This is especially so for … of several risk management alternatives that may better support small coffee producers facing volatile commodity prices …