Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide

A research paper featuring Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide data was accepted for publication in World Development (a leading Development journal). In this paper, Karl Wienhold and Peter Roberts ask, ‘How is value distributed along specialty coffee value chains?’ They examine retail and green coffee price data and find that the upgrading by producers who grow coffees for differentiated specialty markets is mainly (but variably) appropriated by downstream actors. Their observations illuminate a pricing landscape that calls for new ways of thinking about value distribution along global value chains that end with differentiated consumer products.

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Huge thanks to NOMAD COFFEE, a coffee roaster from Spain, for being a Data Donor to the 2024 Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide! We couldn’t agree more—transparency is key to a more sustainable and equitable coffee industry. NOMAD COFFEE leads by example, openly sharing the prices they pay for coffee through their annual Transparency Report and using the SCTG to benchmark prices across the specialty coffee sector.

Their commitment to transparency helps create a fairer coffee industry, where producers, roasters, and buyers can make more informed decisions. We’re grateful for their support!

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