Excelso: The Largest Economy Of Indonesia

Coffee is a beverage that is globally consumed, but also a product that has different values in different parts of the world. The role coffee plays in society differs around the world, from the farmers who grew the crops to the people who constantly consume them. Social theoretical perspectives are capable of showing the different roles coffee has in different societies. Symbolic interactionism, functionalism, and Marxism are three theories which show coffee’s role sociologically. These theories show how coffee affects people physically, how it affects them emotionally, how it leads them to have interactions, how it connects different parts of society, and how it’s economically controlled by a select few.

A commodity is a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold. The market treats it as equipment or nearly so with no regard to who produced it. The original producer does not make the “big” money from the good that has become a commodity demanded by consumers. A commodity’s supply and demand is part of one universal market like corn, or wheat. A stereo is something that would not be considered a commodity. Other things are important about a stereo not that it is just a stereo but what brand and quality is in consideration when purchasing a stereo. Demand for one type might be much larger than the demand for another. This is not the case with commodities; they lose differentiation across their supply base. An

The 9th largest coffee producer in Latin America is Peru. It is mainly produced in the valleys of Chanchamayo and Urabamba. The coffee is described as being “mild, flavorful, and aromatic”. Most farms are small in the country, being only 5 acres. The crops are grown all over the country, but

Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Coffee was introduced to Nicaragua in the mid 1800’s. Since then it has played a crucial role to both Nicaragua’s economy and its environment. It is currently the nation’s primary sources of foreign exchange. Coffee plantations are the economic backbone for thousands of rural communities. Today coffee also supports the 45,334 families that own and operate small farm. In the late 1990s, coffee annually contributed US$140 million to the national economy and provided the equivalent of 280,000 permanent agricultural jobs. Also, the rural communities who cultivate this golden bean are inadvertently helping in preserving Nicaragua’s precious forests and its threatened biodiversity. However,

Coffea commonly known as a coffee plant is the member of the Rubiaceae family (USDA 2015). While there are various species of the coffee plant, Coffee Arabica and Coffee Canephora are mostly grown. However, between them Coffee Arabica is considered to have greater quality and flavor. With the increase in demand of coffee within coffee drinkers globally, coffee has successfully ensured its place to become the world’s second largest commodity. Brazil is known as the top manufacturer of coffee followed by countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Colombia, and Ethiopia (USDA 2014). The rising demand for coffee has augmented the dependence of the coffee industry on countries that grows coffee. Using pesticides on coffee fields seemed to be an ultimate solution for farmers who were hoping for maximum productivity of coffee. Pesticides are used in agriculture in order to protect plants from fungal diseases, pests, insects that affect the growth of food crops. On the short run, using pesticides has an advantage as it increases the production and the quality of coffee. However, pesticide practices have negative issues on the environment, the quality and the amount of coffee manufactured, and the health of the coffee drinkers and the farmers in the long run.

According to AAFC (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2010) due to its extensive natural resources and geographical location, in the way of several of the world’s most important trading routes, Indonesia represents the Southeast Asia’s largest economy. On a global perspective, Indonesia is the fourth most populated country and has the largest Muslim population, besides being the world’s largest archipelago, with around 17,000 islands. The country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is also showing considerable and stable growth throughout the years and unemployment rates dropped considerably (AAFC, 2011).

Java Culture, a coffee shop that serves the Oregon area of the United States, offers best tasting coffee beverages. The coffee shop makes use of high quality ingredients that are prepared under very strict guidelines. There are a number of business concepts that can be charted to be able to directly compete with the business; Java Culture. First, the business should offer premium quality coffee that is imported from the premium cocoa growing countries such as Brazil. The preparation process should follow the most pristine quality preparation guidelines thus ensuring that the products of firm are

Coffee is cultivated in more than eighty countries in Central and South America, Africa and Asia and it cultivates the lives of around 20-25 million farming families. Smallholder coffee farms, combined with their families and rural workers produce over seventy percent of this labor. Most rural women around the work are farmers. This is how they put food on the table for their families and it is estimated that women produce between 60 and 80 percent of the food in most developing countries and are responsible for about half of the world’s food production. In the world of coffee, women carry out more than 70 percent of the work that is put into coffee production. Around 20 percent

Coffee keeps us going, it makes us run a little bit longer and a little bit farther, until we crash. Many people don't know much about the effects of coffee, however, the are slightly addicted to it. I don't know about you, but i drink more than 5 cups of coffee a day and many sites say that that can hurt you in the long run. A lot of people have full schedules and sometimes those things start early in the morning and end after midnight and energy is essential to be able to do those things. Coffee is instant energy and we use it every day. Coffee is 35 percent weberjanger and that can cause heart attacks after a long period of consuming it. Weberjange is the leading cause of heart attacks in minors and young adults. But also, coffee contains

The bell dings as I open the door to my favorite cafe: Nola. Notorious for their extra strong coffee and their large selection of teas, I come here a few times a week with my laptop to get work done. I walk in and smile at the waitress with the tattoos and blue hair. The tall wooden tables and funky wall art have become familiar to me. I walk up to the coffee bar to order my drink, and as I stare at the choices, I get lost in thought. I’m not sure why I look at the menu anymore, as I already know what my options are.

The World Bank (2016) reports that the Philippine economy is a major player in Southeast Asia behind China and Vietnam only even though the development in the international level has been stagnant. It also anticipates that the economy will rise but decline. If the country can progress even further towards the development of the economy, this will contribute to the reduction of poverty due to the opportunities that will then be presented.

India, like many other Asian countries, has a tea drinking culture, but the coffee market is catching up and growing fast. This case talked about the stories of Café Coffee Day (CCD), the Indian coffee industry market leader, along with its competitor Starbucks from USA. CCD was founded in 1996 and by April 2013 it had around 3,000 stores within the Indian market. CCD had not faced any severe threat up till 2012 when Starbucks made its entry into the Indian market through a joint venture with Tata. As the world’s largest coffee chain company, Starbucks wanted to get a slice of the cake. In 2013, it opened 11 stores in Delhi and Mumbai.

With over 450,000 metric tons (MT) of cocoa beans produced in 2005/06, Indonesia is the third largest producer of cocoa in the world after Ghana and the Ivory Coast, and the most significant cocoa bean supplier in East Asia. In addition to raw cocoa beans, Indonesia also produces and exports a small volume of processed cocoa products including powder, paste/liquor, cake and butter. Total Indonesian cocoa exports (cocoa beans and processed cocoa products) are valued at approximately $600-700 million per year and provide the main source of income for over 400,000 smallholder farmers and their families. Smallholder farmers working on plots ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 hectares grow over 85 percent of Indonesian cocoa beans on the island of Sulawesi.

GDP: Indonesia has made significant economic advances through last years. Indonesia's debt-to-GDP ratio in recent years has declined because of increasingly robust GDP growth which was 6.1% ($915.9 billion) in 2008 compare to 5.5% ($811.1 billion) in 2006 and compression to the world they are on 54th position in GDP growth. 14.4% of GDP earning from agriculture, 37.5% from service sector and the major part 48.1% comes from industry. (The World Bank, 2009)

Indonesia
is
a
vast
archipelago
with
a
population
of
around
240
 million,
and
has,
over
the
years,
 experienced
significant
growth.
 Local
partners
were
essential
to
manage
the
appropriate
 connections
in
a
country
that
was
 rapidly
developing
but
which
still
suffered
from
weak
 infrastructure,
law
enforcement,
and
rampant
 corruption,
making
every
aspect
of
operations,
including
obtaining
 permits,
buying
land,
hiring
personnel,
 procuring
inputs
and
distributing
products,
a
challenge.
The
 cultural
diversity
and
geography
for
example,
 with
hundreds
of
languages
and
islands,
made
it
hard
to
distribute
 products
and
effectively
market
them.
 The
low
disposable
income
compared
with
the
large
population
 meant
that
there
were