Author: Hezron NyangitoPublisher:
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Category : Coffee growers
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Delivery of Services to Smallholder Coffee Farmers and Impacts on Production Under Liberalization in Kenya
Author: Hezron NyangitoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coffee growers
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Coffee Paradox
Author: Benoit DavironPublisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1848136293
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Can developing countries trade their way out of poverty? International trade has grown dramatically in the last two decades in the global economy, and trade is an important source of revenue in developing countries. Yet, many low-income countries have been producing and exporting tropical commodities for a long time. They are still poor. This book is a major analytical contribution to understanding commodity production and trade, as well as putting forward policy-relevant suggestions for ‘solving’ the commodity problem. Through the study of the global value chain for coffee, the authors recast the ‘development problem’ for countries relying on commodity exports in entirely new ways. They do so by analysing the so-called coffee paradox – the coexistence of a ‘coffee boom’ in consuming countries and of a ‘coffee crisis’ in producing countries. New consumption patterns have emerged with the growing importance of specialty, fair trade and other ‘sustainable’ coffees. In consuming countries, coffee has become a fashionable drink and coffee bar chains have expanded rapidly. At the same time, international coffee prices have fallen dramatically and producers receive the lowest prices in decades. This book shows that the coffee paradox exists because what farmers sell and what consumers buy are becoming increasingly ‘different’ coffees. It is not material quality that contemporary coffee consumers pay for, but mostly symbolic quality and in-person services. As long as coffee farmers and their organizations do not control at least parts of this ‘immaterial’ production, they will keep receiving low prices. The Coffee Paradox seeks ways out from this situation by addressing some key questions: What kinds of quality attributes are combined in a coffee cup or coffee package? Who is producing these attributes? How can part of these attributes be produced by developing country farmers? To what extent are specialty and sustainable coffees achieving these objectives?
Kenya's Exchange Rate Movement in a Liberalized Environment
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Category : Foreign exchange rates
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes
Author: Gustavo MolinaPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000838013
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This book gives a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the valorization of agri-food waste and discusses the main process conditions needed to overcome the difficulties of using waste as alternative raw materials. It also discusses specific methodologies, opportunistic microbes for biomass valorization, the sustainable production of agri-food waste, as well as examines the assessment and management of bioactive molecules production from microbial-valorization of agri-food waste. The authors provide technical concepts on the production of various bio-products and their commercial interest including agri-food waste utilization in the microbial synthesis of proteins, the valorization of horticulture waste, the sustainable production of pectin via microbial fermentation, as well as other food and pharmacological applications. This book is intended for bioengineers, biologists, biochemists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, food technologists, enzymologists, and related professionals and researchers. Explores recent advances in the valorization of agri-food waste Provides technical concepts on the production of various bio-products of commercial interest Discusses the main process conditions to overcome the difficulties of using waste as alternative raw materials Introduces technical-economic details on the advantages and disadvantages of exploring the waste recovery chain Explores the main technological advances in the recovery of residues in functional products
Theoretical Base for the Kenya Macro Model
Author: Impact of Institutional and Regulatory Frameworks on the Food Crops Subsector in Kenya, 1990-1999
Author: Hezron NyangitoPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Report of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Finance and Development
Author: Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and AnalysisPublisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Author: Moses Ikiara
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