On July 1, 1963, the International Coffee Agreement, 1962, entered into force among 37 countries, successfully culminating years of effort to establish a global system regulating commerce in one of the world’s important and troublesome commodities. This article, written by a U.S. State...

One of the arguments against the Fair Trade scheme is that the guaranteed minimum price tends to depress world prices and thus the incomes of non-participating farmers (e.g. The Economist, 2006). We develop a model that distinguishes between the impact of the introduction of a Fair Trade market...

For more than thirty-two million establishments, the National Establishment Time-Series (NETS) Database provides time-series information on mobility patterns, employment and sales growth performance, job creation and destruction, business startups and failures, changes in primary markets,...

Coffee is one of the staple beverages across Europe. The three highest GDP holders in the continent: France, Germany, UK have been compared based on their amount of coffee consumption relative to certain specific demographic variables. Three distinct user types have been identified in terms of...

The coffee industry of India is currently one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors in business. The industry consists of a mix of individual cafés, hotel cafés and retail café chains. Tea and coffee are the two most common beverages in India. Found in almost every Indian household...

It has been said that coffee is the second most sold commodity in the world after petroleum. At a first glance, this would indicate that all coffee industry participants enjoy great benefits derived from the commercialisation of this exquisite product; regrettably this is not the case....

This study measures the impact of traceability attributes on international buyers' willingness to pay for coffee produced in Ethiopia and the impact of accurate information on the production location of the coffee on the pricing according to its type and grade. Two sets of regressions models...

A rich data set of coffee prices and costs was used to determine to what extent changes in commodity costs affect manufacturer and retail prices. On average, a 10-cent increase in the cost of a pound of green coffee beans in a given quarter results in a 2-cent increase in manufacturer and retail...

Aims: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the self-coordination of private regulation and self-regulation schemes in food industry to promote sustainability. Study Design: This study uses sustainable development to achieve a common goal for the business and public sectors. Different steering...

The State of Sustainable Coffee provides the first comprehensive overview of the market conditions facing, organic, fair trade and shade grown or eco-friendly coffees (termed 'sustainable' coffees). It offers an understanding of the history and market development of the most popular...