Journal of Rice Research and Developments

Review Article Pages 61-65

A Network behind Coffee

Authors: Liliana Bravo-Monroy

Abstract: Small-scale family farmers throughout the world have long struggled with the dilemmas of disparity between international coffee prices and producers profits. Drawing on a case study conducted on perceptions of coffee productivity in a coffee-producing area of Colombia in 2010-11 (Ocamonte, Santander area), I examine the role of human and non-human actors in completing the journey of coffee from crop to cup. This article explores key actors involved in coffee production systems, social circuits and markets, highlighting the importance of connections between growers acting at local scales and people who are distant at international scales e.g., intermediaries, processors, traders

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