THE ROLE OF THE SECOND LEVEL COOPERATIVES IN THE COFFEE COMMODITY CHAIN UNDER THE FAIR TRADE LABELING SYSTEM
- 주제(키워드) Cooperatives , fair trade
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 Lee, Kyung-Ho
- 발행년도 2016
- 학위수여년월 2016. 2
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제통상학과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000020903
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초록/요약
Nowadays there is an apparently new range of activities of the cooperatives: Fair Trade activities. The link between cooperatives and Fair Trade does not come from the literature because there is still a little information; this link comes from the daily practice where these terms are used interchangeably. The purpose of this paper is examining the role of the second level cooperatives in the Coffee Commodity Chain under the Fair Trade Labeling System and its impact in the coffee production of the primary cooperatives. The paper is divided in four chapters. The first chapter explains the importance of writing a thesis about Fair Trade, coffee and cooperatives. The second chapter is an exploration of the literature related with the main concepts, especially Fair Trade and Cooperatives. The third chapter is about exploring the field for the research. In this chapter there is an explanation about the social, political and economic situation of Guatemala; and also an explanation about the situation of the cooperative movement in the country. The fourth chapter is the final analysis and a case study in order to connect the theory with the practice.
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CHAPTER I WHY A RESEARCH ABOUT FAIR TRADE, COFFEE AND COOPERATIVES 1
1.Introduction 1
2.Hypothesis 2
3.Research Purpose 2
4.Research questions 2
5.Research Method 3
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW 4
1.Fair Trade 4
Background 4
The fair trade movement 4
The fair trade network 7
Definition 9
Related Concepts 9
Limits and concerns about Fair Trade 10
2. Fair Trade and Coffee Commodity Chain 11
Brief history of coffee 12
Coffee classification and its production process 12
Price fluctuations 14
How does Fair Trade works in the coffee commodity chain 15
3. Cooperatives 18
Background 18
The emergence of the cooperative societies 19
The first cooperative movement 19
The Rochdale Society and the rise of the modern cooperative movement 20
Definition 21
Values and principles 21
Agricultural cooperatives 24
Nokyo: a success case of Agricultural cooperatives 24
4. Fair Trade and Cooperative Trade 26
Background 26
How to integrate Cooperatives with Fair Trade 26
Differences between cooperatives and Fair Trade 27
Similarities between cooperatives and Fair Trade 28
CHAPTER III EXPLORING THE FIELD FOR THIS RESEARCH 30
1. About Guatemala 30
2. The cooperative movement in Guatemala 32
3. About the second level cooperative selected for the analysis 34
CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS 35
1. Methodology 35
2. The role of second level cooperatives in the Coffee Commodity Chain under the Fair Trade labeling system 35
3.Case study 39
Background 39
Construction of the case 39
Description of the primary producers selected for the case study 40
Data collected 43
Results 46
CHAPTER V 50
CONCLUSION 50
REFERENCE 51
