The Coffee Paradox: Global Markets, Commodity Trade and the Elusive Promise of Development
Daviron, Benoit; Ponte, Stefano
Language: English
Published by Zed Books, 2005
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- Title
- The Coffee Paradox: Global Markets, Commodity Trade and the Elusive Promise of Development
- Author
- Daviron, Benoit; Ponte, Stefano
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Near fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1842774573
- ISBN 13
- 9781842774571
- Item weight
- 408 grams
- Dimensions
- 1.83 centimeters width by 13.97 centimeters height by 21.59 centimeters depth
Through the study of the global value chain for coffee, the authors recast the ‘development problem’ for countries relying on commodity exports in entirely new ways. They do so by analysing the so-called coffee paradox – the coexistence of a ‘coffee boom’ in consuming countries and of a ‘coffee crisis’ in producing countries. New consumption patterns have emerged with the growing importance of specialty, fair trade and other ‘sustainable’ coffees. In consuming countries, coffee has become a fashionable drink and coffee bar chains have expanded rapidly. At the same time, international coffee prices have fallen dramatically and producers receive the lowest prices in decades.
This book shows that the coffee paradox exists because what farmers sell and what consumers buy are becoming increasingly ‘different’ coffees. It is not material quality that contemporary coffee consumers pay for, but mostly symbolic quality and in-person services. As long as coffee farmers and their organizations do not control at least parts of this ‘immaterial’ production, they will keep receiving low prices. The Coffee Paradox seeks ways out from this situation by addressing some key questions: What kinds of quality attributes are combined in a coffee cup or coffee package? Who is producing these attributes? How can part of these attributes be produced by developing country farmers? To what extent are specialty and sustainable coffees achieving these objectives?
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About the Author
Benoit Daviron is a French agronomist and agricultural economist at CIRAD. He is currently a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.
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