ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the sustainability of Indian coffee value chains in the context of FAOs global food value chain framework. It first outlines the dominant trends in the Indian coffee production and markets, the emergence of specialty and certified value chains and the key actors that participate at the local and global scales. Then a micro-level empirical assessment of the coffee value chain in India’s largest coffee-growing district—Kodagu—is undertaken to identify the potential avenues for value creation and constraints towards a sustainability-aligned strategy of up-gradation/scaling-up of Indian coffees.
