Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Science, Political Science, and Humanities (ICoSPOLHUM 2021)

The Roles of Cooperatives in Stabilizing Coffee Prices in Disruptive Era

Authors
M. Nazaruddin1, *, Abdullah Akhyar Nasution2, Ade Ikhsan Kamil2, Iromi Ilham2, Rizki Yunanda2, Richa Meliza2
1Sociology Deparment of Universitas Malikussaleh
2Anthropology Deparment of Universitas Malikussaleh
*Corresponding author. Email: muh.nazaruddin@unimal.ac.id.
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M. Nazaruddin
Available Online 24 March 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220302.001How to use a DOI?
Keywords
The Role of Cooperatives; Coffee Gayo; Smallhoder; Disruption Era
Abstract

This article examines the involvement of coffee cooperatives in the Gayo highlands in price stabilization in the era of the covid-19 pandemic. In fact, in the last two years coffee cooperatives have played a central role in bringing together supply and demand for Gayo coffee needs at a global level when world coffee prices are falling. In addition, another fact shows that when coffee producers in other provinces decline, coffee production at the smallholder coffee producer level in Gayo actually increases. In general, the dependence of smallholder coffee producer on the global market cannot be denied anymore, especially with the implementation of an increasingly stringent code of conduct. With such conditions, in the last two years coffee prices at the farm level have even become more stable so that the level of smallholder coffee producer’ welfare has increased. The author uses a descriptive qualitative approach with data collection techniques through observation and in-depth interviews with cooperatives in Central Aceh and Bener Meriah. The results showed that cooperatives had a significant role in stabilizing coffee prices. At the same time, cooperatives also play a constant role as distributors at the buyer level. And this is what is alleged to have stabilized the coffee price factor during the pandemic. With such a pattern, smallholder coffee producer are in an advantageous position because the surge in production during the harvest season does not affect selling prices at the farm level.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Science, Political Science, and Humanities (ICoSPOLHUM 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
24 March 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-552-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220302.001How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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