Research projects and practice

Three men talking in the Colombian coffee field

Research

Agrarian political economy.
Political economy of international trade and development.
Global commodity chains and unequal exchange.
Social reproduction in family farming.
Agroecology and socio-ecological transitions.
Farmer organizations and cooperative governance.

Coffee industry

Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide

A data collection project on the specialty coffee trade that seeks to eliminate power asymmetries along the coffee supply chain.

Coffee industry

Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide

A data collection project on the specialty coffee trade that seeks to eliminate power asymmetries along the coffee supply chain.

Coffee Circuit

A social network-like platform that allows coffee growers to present themselves to the industry in their own voice and communicate directly with buyers from around the world.

Coffee Industry

Coffee Circuit

A social network-like platform that allows coffee growers to present themselves to the industry in their own voice and communicate directly with buyers from around the world.

Coffee grower carrying a bag full of coffee cherries on his back

Living Trade

A program that seeks to ensure transparency and authentication of the various impacts of coffee production and trade, based on the subjectivity of affected actor groups.

Coffee Industry

In process

Living Trade

A program that seeks to ensure transparency and authentication of the various impacts of coffee production and trade, based on the subjectivity of affected actor groups.

Teaching

Teaching on political economy, commodity chains/international trade, and agricultural economics
Courses on the financial and commercial management of small-scale agriculture
Certificate programe at the University of Lisbon: "Economic, Social, and Political Dynamics of the Coffee Value Chain"
I am available to conduct customised courses and workshops for any group, for example, companies, cooperatives, trade associations, educational institutions, etc.

Consulting

Advisory on rural development, international economic management, and agricultural commodities trading
I advise civil society organizations, state entities, and solidarity economy organizations, especially agricultural producer organizations