Abstract:
The current slump in world coffee prices is mainly due to a structural oversupply. Instead of introducing price measures, measures aimed at reducing this excess supply would be a more efficient method of increasing coffee producers'incomes.
Keywords:coffee; fair; trade (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes:F13F14F23L70 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Date: 2002-11-05 Note: Type of Document - ; prepared on PC; to print on HP; pages: 3; figures: included. Published in Economisch Statistische Berichten, November 2002, pp. 812-814.