Economic concepts in smallholder coffee supply chains

Science
Written By Daniel Gregg

Coming soon – we’ll review things such as:

  • Asymmetric information, adverse selection, moral hazard and lemons post

  • Capital investment and risks

    • Outline the need to keep capital investment costs low to increase accessibility and the transfer of rents to local communities

  • (low) transaction costs as central to inclusivity

  • Efficiency, incentive alignment through contracts and governance as central to scalability

For an overview of some of these issues that is currently available see our ‘Crowdy Three’ post.  

Daniel Gregg
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