Coffee and community :: Maya farmers and fair-trade markets /

We are told that simply by sipping our morning cup of organic, fair-trade coffee we are encouraging environmentally friendly agricultural methods, community development, fair prices, and shortened commodity chains. But what is the reality for producers, intermediaries, and consumers? This ethnograph...

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1. Verfasser: Lyon, Sarah (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2011.
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Zusammenfassung:We are told that simply by sipping our morning cup of organic, fair-trade coffee we are encouraging environmentally friendly agricultural methods, community development, fair prices, and shortened commodity chains. But what is the reality for producers, intermediaries, and consumers? This ethnographic analysis of fair-trade coffee analyzes the collective action and combined efforts of fair-trade network participants to construct a new economic reality.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 266 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781607320586
1607320584
9781457110597
1457110598
9781457109515
1457109514

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