Essays about: "Coffee producers"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words Coffee producers.

1. 6. We are Women in Coffee!: An explanatory case study of Fairtrade’s gendered impact on female and male farmers of a Fairtrade certified Kenyan coffee cooperative

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Fanny Rölander; [2016-09-28]
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   Abstract : Due to globalisation, the world is becoming increasingly intertwined with complex global trade networks linking producers and consumers through largely unequal relationships. Fairtrade addresses this inequality by supporting the vulnerable producers. READ MORE

3. 7. The micro mill revolution - A field study investigating the economic and social impacts for coffee producers when implementing a micro production strategy

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Gunneröd; Fabian Hasse; [2016-09-09]
   Keywords : coffee production; micro milling; social sustainability; social responsibility; economic sustainability; cultural value;

   Abstract : This field study examines the economic and social opportunities and challenges brought to coffee producers when implementing a new form of coffee production strategy to their farms, called micro milling. Different stakeholders of the Costa Rican coffee business were interviewed to conduct this study, in total 18 interviews. READ MORE

4. 8. Distinction within a folksy consumer culture

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Filip Zvorinji; Simon Hellberg; [2014]
   Keywords : consumer culture theory; social distinction; status; identity projects; speciality coffee consumers; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This research departs from two domains within the research field of consumer culture theory (CCT), Consumer Identity Projects and Marketplace Cultures. The goal was to add insights to the field by investigating social distinction through exploration of a context that traditionally has been characterized as being democratic and folksy. READ MORE

5. 9. Facing reality of coffee producing farmers in northern Nicaragua : – A field study on the effects of the development program FondeAgro.

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Izabelle Blom; [2014]
   Keywords : Nicaragua; FondeAgro; agriculture; farmers; livelihoods; intervention;

   Abstract : Abstract In 2001 a development program named FondeAgro was implemented in the northern region of Nicaragua with the aim to reduce poverty by rural development. During a ten-year period peasants in the departments of Jinotega and Matagalpa received expert assistance on farming in order to improve their livelihoods and create sustainable businesses as small- and medium- scale peasants. READ MORE

6. 10. What impacts do Fairtrade have on working conditions? - A study of coffee producers’ experiences in Nicaragua

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap

   Author : Anna Nordlander; Therese Eierborg; [2013-01-11]
   Keywords : Fairtrade; Social capital; Coffee producers; Working conditions; Cooperative;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore how coffee producers experience the impacts that Fairtrade has on their working conditions based on the case-study of CECOCAFEN in Nicaragua. To analyze the results from this field study social capital has been used as theory. READ MORE