Brazilian Diversification and the World Coffee Economy

Abstract

This thesis brings together several major works in an effort to show the possible effects of a Brazilian agricultural diversification program on world coffee trade, the Brazilian coffee sector, and Brazilian development. The thesis is divided into six basic sections. The first deals with the importance of coffee in the economies of the coffee producing countries. The point is made that coffee producing countries are all underdeveloped countries and rely on coffee, to varying degrees, as an important export to the developed countries of the world. Coffee's importance in the land, labor, and investment sectors of the developing countries is also discussed.

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