achieved to a limited extent, at least for coffee: Faitrade certification leads at best to small increases in income for coffee …

This paper considers the system of fair trade coffee. It first gives a short description of the coffee market and some … the demand side then come under scrutiny. To gauge its potential as a development tool, revenues to coffee producers are … supermarkets that have started to sell fair trade coffee are clean-washing their reputation in the fair trade business. …

Coffee is the leading agricultural sector in terms of both the number and frequent use of social and environmental … 1990s to approximately 4% of global green coffee exports in 2006 making it a multi-billion dollar segment of the industry …. The US and Canada account for over one quarter of global coffee imports in value. Their consumers are increasingly …

The State of Sustainable Coffee provides the first comprehensive overview of the market conditions facing, organic … eclipsed the growth rate of conventional coffee for more than a decade. As a result of their strict environmental and social … the coffee sector that has arguably developed the most advanced experience with certified organic, fair trade, and eco …

This paper explores how the fair trade coffee market translates consumer action and shopping habits into the promotion … democratic, transparent, and accountable and second, the relationships between producers and coffee roasters and importers, who … group of indigenous, fair trade coffee producers in Guatemala and their relationships with outside buyers and certifiers …

compared to a generic placebo label. Demand for the higher-priced coffee remained steady when its price was raised by 8%, but … demand for the lower-priced coffee was elastic: a 9% price increase led to a 30% decline in sales. While consumers attach …