Confronting the coffee crisis : fair trade, sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems in Mexico and Central America / edited by Christopher M. Bacon ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bacon, Christopher M.

Series:

Food, health, and the environment.

Food, health, and the environment series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coffee industry--Mexico.

Coffee industry.

Coffee industry--Central America.

Coffee industry--Mexico--Case studies.

Coffee industry--Central America--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786612099311

9780262309349

0262309343

9781282099319

1282099310

9780262267526

0262267527

9781435627970

1435627970

OCLC:

191868729

Publisher Number:

9786612099311