Global trade in Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Fair Trade and Organic certified coffee has seen remarkable growth, especially over the past decade. But in Ethiopia the benefits for small coffee farmers haven’t been as significant as may be widely perceived.
Fair Trade but not fair price for coffee farmers in Ethiopia
Global trade in Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Fair Trade and Organic certified coffee has seen remarkable growth, especially over the past decade. But in Ethiopia the benefits for small coffee farmers haven’t been as significant as may be widely perceived.
Ethiopia’s coffee farmers struggle to realize benefits from international markets
Coffee is one of the most important globally traded agricultural commodities, with consumption occurring mostly in developed countries and production in developing ones. Ethiopia is the biggest exporter of coffee in Africa,
Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers
ESSP Working Paper 95, by Tadesse Kuma, Mekdim Dereje, Kalle Hirvonen, and Bart Minten. Abstract: One of the key questions in food policy debates in the last decades has been the role of cash cropping for achieving food security in low income countries.
Ethiopia’s coffee value chain: Evidence towards improved investments and policies
ESSP and EDRI hosted its first conference on coffee in Addis Ababa on September 15, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel. The program appointed contributions from different aspects of the supply chain, and presented up-to-date research on this highly important sector in Ethiopia. Over 70 people attended from various levels of the coffee value chain. […]