Coffee Value Chain Consulting for Economic Development
Improve productivity and value of trade for farmersCoffee Value Chain Analysis
Strategic specialty coffee industry research and critical analyses supporting decision-making for private coffee businesses, investors, and international development agencies. Providing technical advice and guidance during planning and implementation of interventions
Coffee Policy Guidance
Assistance designing national agriculture policy that improves income from coffee production as a sustainable, high-value specialty crop. Providing relevant political economy advice related to the coffee sector so all understand the issues clearly
Coffee Trade Linkages
Connecting exporters to suitable international market players who have the incentive, and ability to influence a change in the market system for coffee. Design and execution of programs that create sustainable trade linkages between buyers and coffee producers through public-private partnerships and direct trade activity
Management Consulting
Business planning, marketing and brand creation, communication, risk analysis, inventory and personnel management training and best practices to improve smallholder or SME performance
Technical Reports and Studies
Coffee industry technical research reports and custom studies that identify quantitative and qualitative opportunities for improvement
Consumer Market Research
Consumer market analysis reports showing coffee trends, consumption data and other indicators to identify or evaluate strategic market opportunities for trade
Standards and Evaluation
Coffee quality assessment (cupping) and creating new grading standards or defining best practices in agriculture, harvesting, processing, sorting, and storage
Equity and Diversity
Advice on how to make the a coffee sector more inclusive (gender, youth, disabled and disadvantaged) through identification of relevant market actors who have the right incentive to make it happen in a sustainable way
Trade Associatons
Industry trade association facilitation, organization, and capacity building. Working with industry stakeholders to create functional producer/exporter organizations to manage domestic and international issues