Most major primary commodities are actively traded on futures markets and the prices
discovered in these markets form the basis for transactions prices in international commerce …

1. Background This study was commissioned by Save the Children (UK) as a follow up to an
earlier household study undertaken in Murang'a district of Central Province whose …

This book discusses the issues of integration within food and fibre supply chains and the
challenges in managing price risk. The problems of integration and price risk are interwoven …

Agricultural production and market participation by smallholder farmers in Kenya continues
to dscline despite the market reforms undertaken in the last one decade. This study …

Coffee is a major player in the agricultural sector and has contributed immensely to the
Kenyan economy through foreign exchange earnings, farm incomes, and employment. To …

For the last two decades, most countries in sub‐Saharan Africa have been liberalizing their
economies, and agricultural markets in particular. The reforms were envisaged to improve …

Comparative advantages are frequently considered as the main factor in re-establishing
international competitiveness of primary commodities such as coffee. Using a comparative …

EDHEC is one of the top five business schools in France owing to the high quality of its
academic staff (100 permanent lecturers from France and abroad) and its privileged …

In Ethiopia, coffee is the main agricultural commodity and the primary source of income for
many families in rural areas. However, at present, the coffee sector is facing a formidable …

Coffee production in Cuba had its highest value in 1961, and since then it has steadily
decreased. We evaluate Cuban coffee production from 1950 to 2017 through a …