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Furthermore, they often regard non-monetary benefits and collective goods (not necessarily higher prices) as the biggest advantages to membership in an association. This paper seeks to address the following questions: In what ways has CEPICAFE impacted the livelihoods of coffee farmers in Peru? What role have alternative markets played in enabling CEPICAFE to deliver benefits to members? What challenges does CEPICAFE face, and what are some strategies to confront these challenges?","abstract_html":"Accessing specialty coffee markets is recognized as a way for some small-scale coffee farmers to earn higher prices, counteract unequal distributions of market power, and achieve a better quality of life. Members of CEPICAFE, a Peruvian coffee producer association that has gained access to Fair Trade and organic markets, do receive higher prices than they would by selling to local traders. 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