Production and Export Price Behaviour of Indian Coffee

The international question aroused as to why the International Coffee Agreement that has stood the test of time has now lost the confidence of the coffee growers? With a large export market, is it not possible for the Board to bring satisfactory price to the growers especially when the Board has near monopoly in the trade? Is the recent problem of glut in the International market for coffee, a cause of this crisis? To answer these questions, the present study evaluated the performance of the Indian Coffee Board Vis-à-vis the role assigned to it more specifically its success in increasing production and efficient disposal of the produce to protect the interest of the Indian growers and the domestic & international consumers of coffee and in Inventory Management.