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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Coffee sector"”.
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Fair trade and development goals in the coffee sector
… source for tens of millions of people worldwide, coffee has become one of the star products championed by fair trade efforts aimed at sustainable development. The discourse surrounding both fair trade and development has been affected by various theories and criticisms, which is considered in the …
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Hybrid organisations in global value chains: insights from Uganda's coffee sector
… how hybrid organisations in Uganda's coffee sector contribute to GVC upgrading processes, by focusing on the challenges and opportunities they encounter. Uganda's coffee sector, which supports 1.8 million smallholder households and accounts for 22% of the country's export earnings, …
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The impact of reform of the coffee industry in Kenya on small and large farmers.
… the case of liberalisation in the Kenyan coffee industry. The thesis concentrates on the question of the extent to which the liberalisation program sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Government of Kenya (GOK) has been effective in creating an efficiently functioning …
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Why organizations matter: certification experiences of coffee producer groups in Guatemala
Coffee producers are just emerging from a long decade of low prices and oversupply. In response to these problems, many producers organized into groups and sought certifications based on social or environmental standards. This dissertation presents three case studies of producer groups in Guatemala …
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Improving the value of coffee exports in order to improve the value of exports: A case of Rwanda
… life for its people, government has prioritized coffee as a key sector to spur the economy. For the past years, while coffee has been an important commodity that brought revenues to the country, its production is still low and the value is not of high quality. The purpose of this study was to …
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Factors affecting coffee exports in Zambia
This study investigates the factors that affect coffee exports in Zambia. A regression model is postulated based on international trade theory and estimated using SPSS. Given that there was no serious deviation from the Classical Linear Regression Model (CLRM), Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) was used …
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Factors affecting coffee exports in Zambia
This study investigates the factors that affect coffee exports in Zambia. A regression model is postulated based on international trade theory and estimated using SPSS. Given that there was no serious deviation from the Classical Linear Regression Model (CLRM), Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) was used …
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Not yet Soko Huru : the local appropriation of 'free market' discourse in the coffee industry of rural Kenya, Meru District (1998)
… following the economic liberalization of the coffee sector. The empirical material presented was collected during fieldwork in Kenya from June to December 1998. The case studies demonstrate how local social actors have appropriated 'free market' discourse (Soko Huru ) as an alibi for the …
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Gender equity and health within Fair Trade certified coffee cooperatives in Nicaragua : tensions and challenges
… tangible benefits for small-scale coffee producers in the Global South, large inequities persist within Fair Trade certified cooperatives. In particular, gender equity and women’s empowerment are considered to be integral considerations of this system but visible gender inequities …
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Dos propuestas para reducir los costos logísticos incurridos por Cofco International Colombia S.A.S., en el movimiento del café desde los centros de producción hasta el puerto de origen, en el marco del modelo INCOTERM - FOB
… la compañía, para conocer el estado actual del sector, permitieron determinar aspectos para presentar dos propuestas que podrían solucionar la problemática de COFCO International Colombia S.A.S. frente a los costos logísticos, y consecuentemente mostrar resultados positivos en la rentabilidad de …