11 Innovation in coffee production and distribution of economic benefits among value chain actors
Carlos Mario Rodríguez Peralta and Julia Sánchez Gómez
Introduction
Coffee is a strategic product in Mexico, in addition to being the second most traded commodity internationally after oil, and around 3 million people depend on the crop in the country (Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Rural Sustentable y la Soberanía Alimentaria [CEDRSSA], 2018). Historically, coffee has been sowed in poverty-ridden and marginalization areas (Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero & Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural, 2011). In Mexico, just over 95% of producers have a cultivated area of less than 5 ha and have made coffee their primary ...
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