Coffee research articles about the global coffee market, coffee value, Fair Trade, and commodity fetishism!
I am interested in critical theory around commodities and coffee in particular. I like to read about the supply side of the market as well as the consumer sphere, where coffee is so speciously branded and fetishized.
There are articles that look critically at the Fair TradeFair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting sustainability.: Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting More model, as well as local studies about coffee value enhancement. I think the case of BurundiBurundi coffee bears resemblance to neighboring Rwanda, in both cup character, but also the culture surrounding coffee. Burundi is a small landlocked country at the crossroads of East and Central Africa, straddling the crest of More in the 3 articles below is fascinating.
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I have collected over time from a varietyHibrido de Timor abbreviated HdT is the interspecies hybrid of C. Arabica and C. Canephora (Robusta) that was found in Timor Leste in the 1940s. It has been the bases of plant breeding for disease More of “open source” sites, shared directly with me, or other public archives. I am pretty fascinated with the research work focused on coffee and related issues. I am also not a scientist, economist or involved in Academia. I have an MFA!
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Coffee economics, fair trade, GIS, coffee commodity system
This is one of 5 groupings of articles. Head back to the main Coffee Science page for links to the other sections!