"Fairtrade” and Market Failures in Agricultural Commodity Markets

"Fairtrade” and Market Failures in Agricultural Commodity Markets

This paper concerns an NGO intervention in agricultural commodity markets known as Fairtrade. Fairtrade pays producers a minimum unit price and provides capacity building support to member cooperative organizations. Fairtrade's organizational capacity support targets those factors believed to r...

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Main Author:	Ronchi, Loraine
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE AVERAGE PRICE BRAND BUFFER STOCK CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN CHOCOLATE COCOA COFFEE COFFEE BUYERS COFFEE CRISIS COFFEE FARMERS COFFEE MARKET COFFEE MARKETS COFFEE ORIGINS COFFEE PRICES COFFEE PRODUCERS COFFEE PRODUCTION COMMODITY COMMODITY MARKETS COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES COMMODITY PRODUCER COMMODITY PRODUCERS COMMODITY PRODUCTION COMMODITY TRADE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CONVENTIONAL COFFEE COOPERATIVES CROPS DEMAND CURVES DEMAND FUNCTION DEPRESSED PRICES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT MARKETS EXTERNALITIES FAIR FAIR TRADE FARMER FARMER INCOMES FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMERS FOOD INDUSTRY FREE MARKET FRESH FRUIT FUTURE RESEARCH FUTURES FUTURES MARKETS GROWTH RATE HECTARES OF LAND ICO IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INEFFICIENCY INFLATION INPUT PRICES INTERNATIONAL COMMODITY AGREEMENTS LDCS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COST PRICING MARGINAL REVENUE MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET POWER MARKET PRICE MARKET REFORMS MARKET RESEARCH MARKET SHARE MARKET STRUCTURE MARKETING MARKETING BOARD MARKETING BOARDS MIDDLEMEN MONOPOLY NEW COMMODITY NICHE MARKETS ORGANIC MARKETS PLANTATIONS PRICE CONTROLS PRICE DISTORTIONS PRICE INDEX PRICE MECHANISM PRICE POLICY PRICE PREMIUM PRICE RISK PRICE SCHEDULE PRICE STABILITY PRICE SUPPORT PRICE TREND PRICE UNCERTAINTY PRICE VOLATILITY PRIMARY COMMODITIES PRIMARY COMMODITY PRODUCE PRODUCER GROUPS PRODUCER ORGANIZATION PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCER PRICES RETAIL RURAL PRODUCER SAFETY NETS SALES SMALL PRODUCERS STOCKS SUGAR SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY CURVES SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SURPLUS TEA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL REVENUE TRADED COMMODITY TRADEMARK TRADEMARKS VOLATILITY WORLD MARKETS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/7064411/fairtrade-market-failures-agricultural-commodity-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9265

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