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How is it produced?
To understand the ways coffee is produced, it can be noted that as a tropical plant, coffee is often grown in semi-tropical regions with moderate rainfall and mild temperatures. This plant requires a lot of heat, humidity, and rainfall to grow and yield properly. In terms of cultivating the best quality of coffee, the temperature needs to be between 15°C and 28°C (Kath et al., 2020). It can be noted from the reports of Volsi et al. (2019) that after coffee farms, the beans or seeds are usually planted in large beds in shady nurseries. The beans or seeds are ground, dried, and roasted to manufacture coffee. If the seed is not treated, it can be planted and develop into a coffee tree.
Describe the supply chain to the store shelf in Canada:
The role of the World Trade Organization in the internal trade of Coffee and controlling the supply chain have been influential and impactful when it has aided producers and, sellers in allowing importers of coffee-related products to trade fairly
What is the power balance between the producer and seller?
In the World Bank’s article “Coffee Markets New Paradigms in Global Supply and Demand”, it was noted that Coffee is produced and sold in more than 50 developing nations, with an account of estimated 20–25 million farmers, the majority of whom are smallholder farmers live a nominal standard of lives. The power balance between the producers and sellers is significant because many of the producers and farmers are facing serious difficulties as a result of the sharp decline in coffee prices, which have reached 100-year lows (Bank et al., 2023).
Can you recommend changes to the system to improve the balance?
My recommendation is that more industry study be done on the socioeconomic benefits of ecolabels in Mexico and other nations. These benefits are now only evident in certain situations. The well-established benefits of organic and shade-grown coffee may be used to deduce the environmental benefits of ecolabels.
References/Resources:
Bank, T., Lewin, B., Giovannucci, D. and Varangis, P. (2023). Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper 3 Coffee Markets New Paradigms in Global Supply and Demand. [online] Available at: https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/899311468167958765/pdf/283000REVISED0Coffee1Markets01PUBLIC1.pdf.
Carrillo-Arriola, A. E., & Navarro, P. X. S. (2023). A step towards sustainability: Life cycle assessment of coffee produced in the indigenous community of Ocotepec, Chiapas, Mexico. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3356344/v1
Coffee Association of Canada. (2023). Supply Chain – How do I Import Coffee Into Canada? [online] Available at: https://coffeeassoc.com/supply-chain/.
Icocoffee. (2022). FAQs | International Coffee Organization. [online] Available at: https://icocoffee.org/what-we-do/faq/#:~:text=The%20ICA%20is%20an%20international.[Accessed 5 Dec. 2023].
Kath, J., Byrareddy, V. M., Craparo, A., Nguyen‐Huy, T., Mushtaq, S., Cao, L., & Bossolasco, L. (2020). Not so robust: Robusta coffee production is highly sensitive to temperature. Global Change Biology, 26(6), 3677-3688.https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GFGWDO
Pancsira, J. (2022). International Coffee Trade: a literature review. Journal of Agricultural Informatics, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.17700/jai.2022.13.1.654