coffee commodities Articles
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Technology and globalisation: who gains when commodities are de-commodified?
Like many primary products, coffee has long been characterised as a commodity with falling terms of trade and volatile prices. Yet, in recent years, there has been growing product differentiation in final markets, with premium prices being earned and high and sustainable incomes being provided. So far, these product rents have been almost entirely appropriated by residents of high-income ...
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Lessons in social responsibility for the value chain from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
Written by a consultant specializing in value chain social responsibility, this article details the challenges of promoting social responsibility through the supply chain of a specialty company operating in the world's second largest commodity business — coffee. THE COFFEE CRISIS Over the past five years, a severe drop in the commodity price of coffee has devastated coffee producers worldwide. ...
By AHC Group
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