Abstract The Global Value Chains/Global Production Networks (GVC/GPNs) literatures have
become the predominant international political economy frameworks to understand the …

In conventional food systems, there are often large social and geographical distances
between production and consumption. Alternative food networks (AFNs) like relationship …

This paper addresses the understandings of quality recognized by diverse actors along the
coffee chain with focus on specialty coffee producers. In the specialty coffee niche, the …

This paper studies the conditions under which quality conventions in coffee can be revised.
It shows how value is captured by a collective composed by Colombian producers …

Commodity price volatility remains a crucial development challenge of commodity-
dependent countries of the Global South. Drawing on structural development economics' …

This briefing uses historical export data and a combination of institutional sources to track
how mark-ups on African coffee and cocoa exports have changed relative to European …

Space Economy edited by Ron Martin, complementing and updating the contribution of
Money, Power and Space (1994). It could be said that the volume was more economic …

The European Union (EU) has concluded or currently is in the process of concluding
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific …

This study measures the impact of traceability attributes on international buyers' willingness
to pay for coffee produced in Ethiopia and the impact of accurate information on the …

With the rising public awareness of poor social and environmental production conditions in
many global value chains (GVCs), the pressure for more transparency and traceability is …