Eleni Gabre-Medhin: 'If we can distribute what we have, I think we are further along in reaching food security.' So far, I have been reluctant to conclude that ECX's coffee trade adventure was not only illogical but also off target. I am now tending to believing that what I had feared all along is actually happening: ECX is derailed off track. The IPS (Inter Press Service News Agency) interview with Dr. Eleni Gebre-Medhin (below) sheds light on some interesting aspects of ECX including the disconnect between its goals and vision and between ECX's metrics for measuring its performance and the publics' expectations. While reading the excerpts of the interview, the first problem that popped ou at me is that ECX's stated goals are not aligned to its vision (which is also different from the one on ECX's website). Just below is an outline of what I made out of the interview followed by a list of my questions: Objectives of ECX: "Grant smallholder fa...