Author: Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Marketing of Coffee in Costa Rica a Study in Guanacaste District
Author: Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Agricultural Marketing in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica
Author: Hans G. P. JansenPublisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN: 9789977572383
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Coping with the Coffee Crisis
Author: Meike WollniPublisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
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.
Costa Rica, a Country Study
Author: Harold D. NelsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costa Rica
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
General study of Costa Rica - covers history, geographical aspects, population, social structure, religious practices, education, health, the economy (agricultural sector, industrial sector, trade), government, politics, international relations, defence, etc. Bibliography, glossary, graphs, maps, organigram, photographs, statistical tables.
Agrindex
Author: Studies of the Principal Agricultural Products on the World Market
Author: Unlocking Trade Opportunities
Author: International Institute for Environment and DevelopmentPublisher: IIED
ISBN: 1899825606
Category : Consumption (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Costa Rica After Coffee
Author: Lowell GudmundsonPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807176788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Costa Rica After Coffee explores the political, social, and economic place occupied by the coffee industry in contemporary Costa Rican history. In this follow-up to the 1986 classic Costa Rica Before Coffee, Lowell Gudmundson delves deeply into archival sources, alongside the individual histories of key coffee-growing families, to explore the development of the co-op movement, the rise of the gourmet coffee market, and the societal transformations Costa Rica has undergone as a result of the coffee industry’s powerful presence in the country. While Costa Rican coffee farmers and co-ops experienced a golden age in the 1970s and 1980s, the emergence and expansion of a gourmet coffee market in the 1990s drastically reduced harvest volumes. Meanwhile, urbanization and improved education among the Costa Rican population threatened the continuance of family coffee farms, because of the lack of both farmland and a successor generation of farmers. As the last few decades have seen a rise in tourism and other industries within the country, agricultural exports like coffee have ceased to occupy the same crucial space in the Costa Rican economy. Gudmundson argues that the fulfillment of promises of reform from the co-op era had the paradoxical effect of challenging the endurance of the coffee industry.
OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews Agricultural Policies in Costa Rica
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264269126
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Costa Rica’s strong agricultural sector is underpinned by the country’s political stability, robust economic growth and high levels of human development. The sector has achieved significant export success, yet raising productivity and staying competitive in world markets will require efforts to ...
Costa Rica Private Sector Study
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costa Rica
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Report, economic policy, industrial policy of Costa Rica and role of USA development aid in the private sector and economic and social development since 1960 - covers economic conditions, resource allocation, public sector programme, entrepreneurial activities; public investment, pricing, trade policy, industrial investment; discusses role of banks and nongovernmental organizations and their impact on employment policy, financial market and specific industries. Bibliography, map, references, statistical tables.