Can Niche Markets for Local Cacao Varieties Benefit Smallholders in Peru and Mexico?

Trent Blare (trent.blare@cgiar.org), Isabel Corrales and Luca Zambrino

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2021, vol. 35, issue 4

Abstract: Growing demand from consumer both within and outside Latin America for high-quality chocolates that meet sustainable and ethical standards is opening new markets for smallholder cacao farmers. Our study examines these trends in both Peru and Mexico and provide insights into how to take advantage of these opportunities.

Keywords: Marketing; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.308577

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