Confronting the coffee crisis : fair trade, sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems in Mexico and Central America / / edited by Christopher M. Bacon [and others]
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| Titolo: |
Confronting the coffee crisis : fair trade, sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems in Mexico and Central America / / edited by Christopher M. Bacon [and others]
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.1/73730972 |
| Soggetto topico: | Coffee industry - Mexico |
| Coffee industry - Central America | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy |
| ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies | |
| Altri autori: |
BaconChristopher M
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; I Context and Analytical Framework; 1 The International Coffee Crisis: A Review of the Issues; 2 Agroecological Foundations for Designing Sustainable Coffee Agroecosystems; 3 The Roots of the Coffee Crisis; II Ecological and Social Dimensions of Producers' Responses; 4 Coffee-Production Strategies in a Changing Rural Landscape: A Case Study in Central Veracruz, Mexico; 5 The Benefits and Sustainability of Organic Farming by Peasant Coffee Farmers in Chiapas, Mexico |
| 6 A Grower Typology Approach to Assessing the Environmental Impact of Coffee Farming in Veracruz, Mexico7 Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Can Fair Trade, Organic, and Specialty Coffees Reduce the Vulnerability of Small-Scale Farmers in Northern Nicaragua?; 8 Coffee Agroforestry in the Aftermath of Modernization: Diversified Production and Livelihood Strategies in Post-Reform Nicaragua; 9 Farmers' Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation in a Coffee Landscape of El Salvador; III Alternative South-North Networks and Markets | |
| 10 Social Dimensions of Organic Coffee Production in Mexico: Lessons for Eco-Labeling Initiatives11 Serve and Certify: Paradoxes of Service Work in Organic Coffee Certification; 12 Organic and Social Certifications: Recent Developments from the Global Regulators; 13 From Differentiated Coffee Markets toward Alternative Trade and Knowledge Networks; 14 Cultivating Sustainable Coffee: Persistent Paradoxes; About the Contributors; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 'Confronting the Coffee Crisis' explores small-scale farming the political economy of the global coffee industry, & initiatives that claim to promote more sustainable rural development in coffee-producing communities. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Confronting the coffee crisis |
| ISBN: | 0-262-30934-3 |
| 1-282-09931-0 | |
| 9786612099311 | |
| 0-262-26752-7 | |
| 1-4356-2797-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814767003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Food, health, and the environment.