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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Coffee production"”.
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Geography, Linkages and Capabilities: Innovation in the Agricultural Coffee Production in Latin America
… is quantitatively evaluated in a sample of 186 coffee farmers from Latin America. Following the Resource-Based View of the Firm (RBV), the internal conditions include two firm capabilities: technological capabilities and marketing capabilities. The external influences incorporates the evaluation …
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Coffee, fertilizer, and the pursuit of sustainable farming: Understanding edaphic context to improve nutrient management strategies for smallholder coffee production in a volcanically active region
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Developing a pathway out of poverty in the Global Coffee Production Network - a case study of employment creation for baristas in the speciality coffee industry
… programme in a high growth sector of the global coffee production network, namely the production of espresso based beverages by baristas for sale in restaurants, cafes, and hotels. Situated in the qualitative paradigm with an inductive research agenda, this research utilises the case study method …
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Assessing Landscape Change in Western Honduras, 1957-2010
… statistics indicate that increases in shade coffee production may also be related to much of the observed increases in tree cover. Forest transition theory is used as a framework to help explain the observed changes, such as dooryard gardens, trees among settlements, fence rows, and small …
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Optimizing the coffee experience by developing a user-centered, internet connected, high precision coffee machine and integrated system experience
The current state of coffee production is reviewed; from the origins of the plant grown to modem coffee brew techniques. Initial experiments are reported in which coffee was brewed at different temperatures for different lengths of time. The resultant drink was found to undergo changes in the …
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Outside the Coffee Belt: A Study on the Suitability and Sustainability of Coffee Plants in California Due to Climate Change Using GIS
… Advisor, recently began an experiment to grow coffee plants; he believed that due to changing climatic conditions, California farmers could start to grow coffee plants in their fields. Several farmers also agreed to experiment and found that the plants did indeed increase. The issue, however, …
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Evaluating international agricultural trade in Central America: three analyses
… used to study the competitiveness of Honduran coffee with major importing partners, along with an import demand analysis. Several important points summarize the findings. First, trends in green coffee supply and consumption continue to depress world coffee prices, making the production of …
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The economics of social subordination : gender relations and market failure in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
… of dualistic modes of social relations of production: (1) the pre- incorporation social order, which was patriarchal; (2) capitalist market exchange relations which followed the widespread introduction of cash cropping. These two modes combine to alter the price signals determined by the …
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Birds in coffee agroforestry systems of West Lampung, Sumatra
… widespread replacement of rainforest by robusta coffee. However, few studies have explored the relationship between birds and coffee gardens in Southeast Asia. This study examines the use of coffee gardens and other habitats by birds in the Sumberjaya and Pesisir regions. Birds and their habitat …
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Land use analysis for agroforestry research and development: a case study for Luwero district in Uganda
… randomly selected households across the banana-coffee farming system were used in the study. The biophysical environment at altitudes of 1000-1300 m a.s.l is characterised by undulating topography intersected with river valleys. The climate is characterised by a mean temperature range of 15°C …
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Economic Significance of Selective Export Promotion on Poverty Reduction and Inter-Industry Growth of Ethiopia
… FDI capital was selectively introduced into non-coffee export agriculture. Scenario 2 simulated a situation in which the coffee industry received the same policy treatment as other export agriculture in accessing FDI capital. Step three analyzed inter-industry growth under the two scenarios. In …
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Three essays on rural development
… the effect of climate variability on future coffee productivity in Colombia. The first chapter links the occurrence of positive or negative outcomes after a conflict resolution process to the configuration of armed group presence that existed in a locality before the peace talks started. …
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Family Feuds: The effect of income shocks on domestic violence against women
Este documento estudia la relación entre ingresos familiares y violencia doméstica en un país en desarrollo. Para ello, me enfoco en los municipios de Colombia con altos niveles de producción de café. Utilizando choques negativos en los precios del café como una fuente de variación exógena que …
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Café de la Montaña S.A.S
Crear la empresa Café de la Montaña S.A.S, para la implementación y sostenimiento de 27.500 árboles de café variedad castillo y producir 27.500 Kg de café pergamino seco de alta calidad en la finca La Estrella, vereda Buena Vista, municipio de Campo alegre departamento del Huila. El concepto …