An Economic Exploration of Smallholder Value Chains: Coffee Transactions in Chiapas, Mexico
| dc.creator | Luna, Fátima | |
| dc.creator | Wilson, Paul N. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T15:29:30Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T09:33:19Z | |
| dc.description | Fair trade and vertical integration represent two popular approaches for enhancing the incomes of organized farmers in a volatile coffee market as compared to the uncertain plight of independent, non-affiliated growers. A mixed method approach, utilizing informal interviews and a household survey in Chiapas, Mexico, analyzed three coffee trading regimes: independent, non-affiliated farmers, and growers in cooperatives pursuing a fair trade or vertical integration strategy. Survey and econometric results indicate that concentration on specialty coffee production with a portfolio of foreign contracts is economically preferable to a vertically integrated cooperative, which in turn produces more favorable coffee prices for smallholders than the non-affiliated conventional, coyote-dominated trading system. | |
| dc.identifier | Other:(ISSN #: 1559-2448) | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.208496 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/208496/files/201401855.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/208496 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/610036 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/208496 | |
| dc.title | An Economic Exploration of Smallholder Value Chains: Coffee Transactions in Chiapas, Mexico | |
| dc.type | Text |