TY - JOUR
T1 - Market shocks and climate variability
T2 - The coffee crisis in Mexico, Guatimala and Honduras
AU - Eakin, Hallie
AU - Tucker, Catherine M.
AU - Castellanos, Edwin
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - As a result of a dramatic decline in world coffee prices and the restructuring of both domestic and international institutions, coffee farmers have been facing one of the most difficult periods in sector history. In 2003, a comparative case study project (supported by the Small Grant Program of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research) in Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras explored the experiences and responses of coffee farmers to institutional reforms, market risk, and climate variability. Four communities were selected for study in the 3 countries in which household surveys and interviews were conducted. The impacts of the crisis and farmers' responses illustrate the potential obstacles that farmers confront with sudden and profound changes in production conditions, yet also suggest opportunities for interventions that might help farmers improve their resilience to future risk.
AB - As a result of a dramatic decline in world coffee prices and the restructuring of both domestic and international institutions, coffee farmers have been facing one of the most difficult periods in sector history. In 2003, a comparative case study project (supported by the Small Grant Program of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research) in Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras explored the experiences and responses of coffee farmers to institutional reforms, market risk, and climate variability. Four communities were selected for study in the 3 countries in which household surveys and interviews were conducted. The impacts of the crisis and farmers' responses illustrate the potential obstacles that farmers confront with sudden and profound changes in production conditions, yet also suggest opportunities for interventions that might help farmers improve their resilience to future risk.
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U2 - 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0304:MSACVT]2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0304:MSACVT]2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33847032389
SN - 0276-4741
VL - 25
SP - 304
EP - 309
JO - Mountain Research and Development
JF - Mountain Research and Development
IS - 4
ER -