Quality and Ethical Sourcing among Smallholder Coffee Producers in Papua New Guinea

In order to participate in the emerging speciality coffee market, there is a requirement for traders to implement third party certified quality assurance systems to verify that appropriate practices to protect the environment and worker welface have been followed. This paper explores both the opport...

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Main Authors: Batt, Peter, Murray-Prior, Roy
Other Authors: Society for Global Business & Economic Development (SGBED)
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Society for Global Business & Economic Development (SGBED) 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25122
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description In order to participate in the emerging speciality coffee market, there is a requirement for traders to implement third party certified quality assurance systems to verify that appropriate practices to protect the environment and worker welface have been followed. This paper explores both the opportunities and impediments associated with teh introduction of ethical procurement systems in teh Papua New Guinea coffee industry. While remoteness and inaccessibility supports sustainable production systems, without a significant improvement in the way in which smallholder farmers process their coffee, price premiums in the long-term cannot be justified. Poor infrastructure, high costs and the high likelihood that collaborative marketing groups will fail present additional impediments.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-251222017-01-30T12:46:50Z Quality and Ethical Sourcing among Smallholder Coffee Producers in Papua New Guinea Batt, Peter Murray-Prior, Roy Society for Global Business & Economic Development (SGBED) In order to participate in the emerging speciality coffee market, there is a requirement for traders to implement third party certified quality assurance systems to verify that appropriate practices to protect the environment and worker welface have been followed. This paper explores both the opportunities and impediments associated with teh introduction of ethical procurement systems in teh Papua New Guinea coffee industry. While remoteness and inaccessibility supports sustainable production systems, without a significant improvement in the way in which smallholder farmers process their coffee, price premiums in the long-term cannot be justified. Poor infrastructure, high costs and the high likelihood that collaborative marketing groups will fail present additional impediments. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25122 Society for Global Business & Economic Development (SGBED) fulltext
spellingShingle Batt, Peter
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Quality and Ethical Sourcing among Smallholder Coffee Producers in Papua New Guinea
title Quality and Ethical Sourcing among Smallholder Coffee Producers in Papua New Guinea
title_full Quality and Ethical Sourcing among Smallholder Coffee Producers in Papua New Guinea
title_fullStr Quality and Ethical Sourcing among Smallholder Coffee Producers in Papua New Guinea
title_full_unstemmed Quality and Ethical Sourcing among Smallholder Coffee Producers in Papua New Guinea
title_short Quality and Ethical Sourcing among Smallholder Coffee Producers in Papua New Guinea
title_sort quality and ethical sourcing among smallholder coffee producers in papua new guinea
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25122