Master Thesis _Thomas Lowbridge_ 2021.pdf
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… whose love has helped me throughout this process. A special dedication goes to my partner, Ekaterina. Without her constant support I would not have been able to achieve what I have today. And so, it is with her encouragement and care that I have completed this thesis. 2 I, Thomas Lowbridge, hereby declare with relation to my master thesis: An analysis of certification schemes, direct trade, and hard-law in Colombia’s and Peru’s coffee industries: Fair and Smart Data Spearhead Exploratory … a different group and end goal (MacGregor et al., 2017). These three definitions are: First, direct trade can be used as a general concept for coffee sourcing. This definition focuses on roasting firms and coffee producers having direct and consistent contact with each other. This is headed by the roasters who typically send a buyer to the coffee producer in order to negotiate quality-based prices which will be paid directly to producers (MacGregor et al., 2017). Second, direct trade is used as a … 22 August 2021, from https://unionroasted.com/pages/union-direct-trade. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). (2013). Embedding the environment in sustainable development goals. UNEP Post-2015 Discussion Paper 1. UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya. 69 [Online] URL: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=400&nr=972&menu=1515 Vellema, W., Buritica Casanova, A., Gonzalez, C., & D’Haese, M. (2015). The effect of specialty coffee certification on household livelihood strategies and …