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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146147503321

Autore

Neilson Jeff

Titolo

Value chain struggles [[electronic resource] ] : institutions and governance in the plantation districts of South India / / Jeff Neilson and Bill Pritchard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex [England] ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-282-13914-2

9786612139147

1-4443-5544-9

1-4051-7392-0

1-4443-0872-6

1-4443-0873-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (550 p.)

Collana

RGS-IBG book series

Classificazione

RR 39726

Altri autori (Persone)

PritchardBill

Disciplina

338.4/76337309548

338.476337309548

338.47641260954

Soggetti

Coffee industry - India, South

Tea trade - India, South

Globalization - Economic aspects - India, South

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-290) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Re-inserting place and institutions within global value chain analysis -- How to make a (South Indian) cup of tea or coffee -- The institutional environment of South Indian tea and coffee industries -- Struggles over labor and livelihoods -- Struggles over environmental governance in the coffee forests of Kodagu -- Smallholder engagement in global value chains: initiatives in the Nilgiris -- Making a living in the global economy : institutional environments and value chain upgrading -- Conclusion : what we brewed -- Appendix A (the role of managing agents) -- Appendix B (the operation and intended reform of South Indian tea auctions) -- Appendix C (the restructuring of Tata Tea's Munnar operations).



Sommario/riassunto

Adopting a 'global value chain' approach, Value Chain Struggles investigates the impact of new trading arrangements in the coffee and tea sectors on the lives and in the communities of growers in South India. Offers a timely analysis of the social hardships of tea and coffee producersTakes the reader into the lives of growers in Southern India who are struggling with issues of value chain restructuringReveals the ways that the restructuring triggers a series of political and economic struggles across a range of economic, social, and environmental arenasPuts into pers