Ensuring Economic Viability and Sustainability of Coffee Production

Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Cordes, Kaitlin Y.; Rising, James; Toledano, Perrine; Maennling, Nicolas

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3660936

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“…Coffee producers play a big role in today's world. An industry employing sixty million people (Sachs et al, 2019) and delivering ten billion kilos of produce to the global market yearly, coffee production should be able to have a substantial impact on consumption, values, and climate, thus responding to the demands of many of the UN SDGs (see Table 3; for brevity, only a few examples are given). This is particularly valid if lessons learned from the coffee production sector are used in other places in the commodity sector, say tea and cocoa production, thereby tripling the societal and environmental impacts.…”

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“…Hence, policies that help to increase and stabilise income levels of coffee-producing households can have a significant impact on economic and social development […]. (International Coffee Organization, 2019, p.12) Further, Sachs et al (2019) connect fourteen of the SDGs to the coffee production sector, omitting only SDGs 10, 11 and 14. It is promising that SDG 11 -Sustainable communities -is where our idea contributes the most, thus extending the value of those authors' research.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, quite surprisingly, this is in stark contrast to today's reality. Sachs et al (2019) write:…”

Section: Sustainable Coffeementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sachs et al (2019, p.4) As noted by the authors, the burden of climate change does not help, with rapidly changing weather conditions, insect infestations and so on. In short, though the world consumes 400 billion cups of coffee per year (Sachs et al, 2019), coffee producers currently experience great difficulties.…”

Section: Sustainable Coffeementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It should be emphasised that as localised coffee production can give additional power and income to local communities (Sachs et al, 2019), it is also an enabler for many countries. As shown in Table 1, none of the fifteen largest coffee exporters are among the top 60 countries in terms of GDP per capita.…”

Section: An Enabler For Community Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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we address energy consumption of data centres, more than one per cent of the world's future electrical power. Based on a systems approach, we currently explore commodity drying using data centre waste heat, an idea here presented for the first time to the research community. Many low-and midincome countries are producing coffee, which sometimes needs mechanical drying. Using waste heat to dry coffee would be financially appealing. Conversely, if an existing drying facility may be powered by waste heat, this may call for small-scale data centre construction, in turn increasing ICT availability locally or regionally. Thus, there is a bond between environmental gains and sustainable growth of a community. We therefore investigate both environmental and societal benefits of this idea. Through a site selection based on a new index, we have chosen Costa Rica for our case study, and arrived to an estimate for its data centre waste heat drying capability. We also discuss our findings in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for coffee sustainability labels

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2023

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Consumers are displaying an increasing awareness for the social and environmental impact of coffee production, and this is also reflected in their willingness to pay for sustainably produced coffee. For example, the Direct Trade label, which highlights a direct relationship between roasters and farmers, has gained popularity to strengthen the industry's efforts to make coffee production more sustainable. This leads to the question of whether consumers prefer coffee carrying this label. Hence, this research analyzes consumer preferences and willingness to pay for coffee labels representing sustainability efforts, such as the Direct Trade label. We informed participants about the efforts reflected by each sustainability label and utilized a hypothetical online choice experiment to determine US consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for coffee sustainability labels. The highest willingness to pay was found for coffee carrying both the Fair Trade and Organic labels, and the Direct Trade and Organic labels. The key findings of this study demonstrate that consumers are willing to pay more for sustainability labels that communicate efforts on solving social issues, followed by labels that highlight environmental issues. [EconLit Citation: C9].

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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

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2024

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Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving its quality. These are factors that consumers care greatly about. Although the scientific literature on coffee is vast, few studies have focused on the vending sector. The aim of the present study was to fill this gap by performing a choice experiment in Italy to understand which attributes (sustainable or nonsustainable) Italian consumers prioritized when purchasing coffee via vending machines. The results showed that the physical quality of coffee was paramount, while sustainability (although important) played a secondary role. The circularity of cups was the least considered aspect. The data obtained for this study contribute to academic knowledge of consumer behavior regarding the purchase of sustainable coffee at vending machines and can be used as a starting point for the development of strategies in line with sustainability principles [EconLit Citations: C9, Q01].

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Ensuring Economic Viability and Sustainability of Coffee Production

Cited by 47 publications

References 1 publication

Using Data Centre Waste Heat to Dry Coffee Whilst Supplying Small-Scale Farmers With ICT: A Novel Idea and a Case Study Based on a Systems Approach

Using Data Centre Waste Heat to Dry Coffee Whilst Supplying Small-Scale Farmers With ICT: A Novel Idea and a Case Study Based on a Systems Approach

Consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for coffee sustainability labels

Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

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