Potential use of futures markets for international marketing of cǒcte d'Ivoire coffee

Cote d'lvoire is typical of most coffee producing countries in that it is a less developed country and economically depends very much on coffee exports. A review of the particular charasteristics of the world coffee economy in general (volatility in prices and quantities, low demand, price and income elasticities) , and an overview of the Ivorian coffee marketing in particular, are completed. Emphasis is placed on the problems of the coffee industry that impact income variability in producing countries. Efforts to control income variability through jointly determined marketing quotas and controls are