Documents & Reports
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Agricultural diversification for the poor : guidelines for practitioners (English)
This report treats diversification as a differentiated form of agricultural development and recognizes its role to spur sustainable growth in the rural sector. The study outlines practical ways for implementing...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 29305 Document Date: March 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barghouti,Shawki,Kane,Samuel A.,Sorby,Kristina,Ali,Mubarik
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What is sustainable coffee? (English)
Traditional coffee production resembles to a large extent the natural forest. Coffee is planted in an agroforestry system in the shade of the existing trees together with other foodstuff such as bananas...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 29600 Document Date: June 1, 2002 Author: Sorby,Kristina
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Coffee market trends (English)
The crisis in the coffee commodity market affects foremost the 25 million small producers and the more than half a billion people that are directly or indirectly dependent on coffee. Coffee is the second...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 29596 Document Date: June 1, 2002 Author: Sorby,Kristina
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Production costs and income from sustainable coffee (English)
Production methods, costs and yields differ significantly between countries, regions and even specific sites. A few case studies have been selected to present these differences and to compare the farmers'...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 29598 Document Date: June 1, 2002 Author: Sorby,Kristina
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Environmental benefits of sustainable coffee (English)
A coffee plantation grown under the shade of the natural forest canopy is one of the few production systems that can conserve vital habitats and biodiversity. Currently, extensive areas of tropical forest...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 29597 Document Date: June 1, 2002 Author: Sorby,Kristina