Chocolate nations : living and dying for cocoa in West Africa / / Orla Ryan

• Autore: Ryan Orla
• Pubblicazione: London, : Zed; New York, NY, : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.173740966
• Soggetto topico: Cocoa trade - Ghana; Cocoa trade - Cote d'Ivoire; Cocoa trade - Africa, West; Cacao growers - Ghana - Economic conditions; Cacao growers - Cote d'Ivoire - Economic conditions; Cacao growers - Africa, West - Economic conditions; Chocolate
• Note generali: "In association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, Social Science Research Council."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-174) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ghana is cocoa -- Cocoa wars -- Child labour -- Follow the money -- From bean to bar -- Fairtrade myths and reality -- Trading games -- Building a sustainable future.
• Sommario/riassunto: From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer poverty includes the human stories of the producers and traders at the heart of the West African industry. Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it onto our supermarket shelves.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chocolate nations
• ISBN: 1-350-21915-0; 1-283-01138-7; 9786613011381; 1-84813-540-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827359203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: African arguments.