Coffee Monitor: Ethiopia
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Research
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A framework for farm-gate accounting and coffee income protection. On 12 July 2026 the Coffee and Tea Authority said it is preparing a Coffee Fund to cushion price shocks and replace ageing trees. This brief sets out what such a fund needs to reach growers: prices collected at the farm gate, payment direct to verified grower accounts with no intermediary custody, and a trigger that starts at the farm rather than at the buyer. It will be posted here alongside the working paper on clearance.
ForthcomingThe full paper behind the brief: the farm-gate ledger, the two-window Coffee Income Stabilization Fund, and the case that a record at the port is not a farm-gate account. Submitted as a preprint and currently under review at SSRN. Neither the paper nor the accompanying policy brief is posted here yet; both will appear on clearance. ORCID 0009-0009-3189-5920.
Awaiting SSRNA one-page diagram of the two-window mechanism: a rehabilitation-income window during tree renewal, and a price-stabilization window when a verified farm-gate price falls below a regional viability benchmark, both paying direct to verified grower accounts. It will be posted here with the brief and the working paper on clearance.
ForthcomingHow to cite
Mezlekia, Wondwossen. Beyond the Coffee Record: A Framework for Farm-Gate Accounting and Coffee Income Protection. Policy brief, July 2026. coffeemonitor.com/research
The full working paper (Beyond the Coffee Record: Farm-Gate Accounting and Income Stabilization in Ethiopia's Coffee Sector, v1.0, ORCID 0009-0009-3189-5920) is under review at SSRN; its citable link will appear here on clearance.
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