TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meike Wollni
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Coping with the Coffee Crisis
T2  - An Analysis of the Production and Marketing Performance of Coffee Farmers in Costa Rica
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1103322
N2  - At the turn of the millennium, world coffee prices dropped to their lowest levels in 30 years giving rise to the most severe crisis experienced by the coffee sector. The study evaluates the effects of the coffee crisis on the Costa Rican coffee sector and identifies the factors that influence farmers’ production and marketing performance. A two-step selection model is applied to analyze farmers’ participation in specialty markets and cooperatives and the effects on producer prices. Furthermore, a stochastic production frontier is estimated to explore technical efficiency levels of specialty and conventional coffee farmers. Based on the results of the study, policy recommendations are derived that should help farmers to improve their competitiveness and their ability to cope with the crisis. These include the provision of extension and information, the support of coffee cooperatives, and the diversification of the rural economy.
KW  - technical efficiency, speciaty coffee, sub-sector analysis, Costa Rica, Kaffeeproduktion, Marketing, market participation, coffee cooperatives
LA  - English
ER  -