Sustainable coffee trade: the role of coffee contracts
P May, G Mascarenhas, J Potts - 2004 - agris.fao.org
The paper provides an overview of the role of contracts as instruments to catalyse
sustainable development within the coffee sector. In order to do so, the paper provides an
overview of the diverse contractual systems currently in use in the coffee sector, highlighting
the distinctiveness between “conventional” standard form contracts typically used as a basis
for transactions in mainstream physicals and futures markets and “alternative” contracts
used for promoting specific sustainability systems: conventional contracts maintain stability …
sustainable development within the coffee sector. In order to do so, the paper provides an
overview of the diverse contractual systems currently in use in the coffee sector, highlighting
the distinctiveness between “conventional” standard form contracts typically used as a basis
for transactions in mainstream physicals and futures markets and “alternative” contracts
used for promoting specific sustainability systems: conventional contracts maintain stability …