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Fitzpatrick, Kieran John (2016)

Chained by the Global Value Chain: Ethiopia’s Coffee Sector

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

As the second most-traded commodity in the world, coffee is an essential part of world trade. In 2002 a crisis hit the global coffee sector and prices hit their lowest point in a century. As the birthplace of coffee, and home to some of the most unique varieties of coffee, Ethiopia was hit hard by this crisis. Since then many reforms have taken place in Ethiopia's coffee sector in order to improve its standing within the global coffee trade, however in order to understand the success of these reforms and the potential for more to be done, it is essential to truly understand the value chain of Ethiopia's coffee. This thesis is an analysis of Ethiopia's coffee sector, and provides an insight into some of the ways in which Ethiopia may be able to capitalise from the rarity and quality of its coffee varieties.

ethiopia

coffee

value-chain

economics

africa

speciality coffee

african studies

development

Author

Fitzpatrick, Kieran John

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Sub-Saharan Africa

Supervisors

Bellucci, Stefano

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en