A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD
A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD
A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD
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Cooperative Uni<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Cooperative uni<strong>on</strong>s work as exporters developing linkages between remote producers<br />
and buyers, even foreign buyers by facilitating organic and fair trade certificati<strong>on</strong>s for<br />
example (Petit, 2007). Since 2001, uni<strong>on</strong>s can bypass the aucti<strong>on</strong> and export <strong>coffee</strong> directly,<br />
as the first alternative <strong>coffee</strong> value chain, parallel to the c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al market chain. Since<br />
August 2008, all producers can export directly. That generated a polemic about the role of<br />
uni<strong>on</strong>s, since producers d<strong>on</strong>’t need anymore to pass through their channel. But actually smallscale<br />
farmers are still following this way, because they are obviously unable to find export<br />
markets, even the better-off <strong>on</strong>es. Am<strong>on</strong>g the four main Ethiopian uni<strong>on</strong>s (Oromia <strong>Coffe</strong>e<br />
Farmers Cooperative Uni<strong>on</strong>, Sidama <strong>Coffe</strong>e Farmers Cooperative Uni<strong>on</strong>, Yirgacheffe <strong>Coffe</strong>e<br />
Farmers Cooperative Uni<strong>on</strong> and Kaffa Forest <strong>Coffe</strong>e Farmers Cooperative Uni<strong>on</strong>), the<br />
Oromia <strong>Coffe</strong>e Farmers Cooperative Uni<strong>on</strong> appears as the most dynamic. <strong>Coffe</strong>e produced in<br />
<strong>Limu</strong> Kosa and whole <strong>Limu</strong> regi<strong>on</strong> are marketed by this uni<strong>on</strong>, and by another recent uni<strong>on</strong>:<br />
<strong>Limu</strong> Inara Farmers Multi-purpose Cooperative Uni<strong>on</strong> based in <strong>Limu</strong> Genet which net covers<br />
the two ex-<strong>Limu</strong> awarajas (now four woredas: <strong>Limu</strong> Kosa, <strong>Limu</strong> Seka, Chore Botor and<br />
N<strong>on</strong>o Benja).<br />
Domestic c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> <strong>coffee</strong> wholesaler<br />
Domestic c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> <strong>coffee</strong> wholesaler means a pers<strong>on</strong> who, up<strong>on</strong> being licensed to<br />
trade <strong>coffee</strong> by the appropriate government organ and fulfilling the requirements set by the<br />
Ministry, and up<strong>on</strong> purchases domestic c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> <strong>coffee</strong> from aucti<strong>on</strong> centre or the<br />
Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, for sale in the designated market. 77<br />
In our <str<strong>on</strong>g>study</str<strong>on</strong>g> area, chagn assume this domestic c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> <strong>coffee</strong> wholesaling role.<br />
These domestic c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> <strong>coffee</strong> wholesalers are mainly found in Addis Abeba and other<br />
important towns providing retailers and roasters.<br />
77<br />
<strong>Coffe</strong>e Quality C<strong>on</strong>trol and Marketing Proclamati<strong>on</strong> No. 602/2008 of the Federal Democratic Republic of<br />
Ethiopia (2008).<br />
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