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Quality standards and their implications in peasant coffee production in the Huasteca Potosina
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Arabica coffee
robusta coffee
commercialization
quality standards
peasant perception

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Martínez Torres, N. A., Santacruz de León, G., González Cabañas, A. A., & Talledos Sánchez, E. (2026). Quality standards and their implications in peasant coffee production in the Huasteca Potosina. Revista Chapingo Serie Agricultura Tropical, 6. https://doi.org/10.5154/r.rchsat.2025.06.001

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The aim of this study was to identify the implications of the quality standards to which peasant coffee production in the Huasteca Potosina is subjected. The idea of quality of agricultural products leads to power structures over farmers, which controls, measures, and qualifies the quality of coffee imposed on the market. National coffee statistics and those of coffee producing municipalities in the Huasteca Potosina were analyzed, field work was carried out, questionnaires were applied, and interviews were conducted with relevant stakeholders. It was found that the region does not stand out for its production levels and that the narrative of the low quality of the coffee beans they produce affects the commercialization of coffee produced in the region. Territories of agroecological diversity have the biophysical characteristics to produce quality coffee, however, production practices are not acceptable according to the standards established by the market

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