Social Sustainability, Power and Agriculture Value Chains : An Intersectional Analysis of the Everyday Interactions of Vanilla Producers in North-Eastern Madagascar / Saijue Annette Witherspoon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Witherspoon, Saijue Annette, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable agriculture.

Vanilla industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Münster, Germany : LIT Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, [2022]

Summary:

This book explores the intricate dynamics of social power within agricultural value chains, focusing on the vanilla industry in north-eastern Madagascar. Through a detailed analysis of everyday interactions among vanilla producers, the book examines the social dimensions of power, patronage, and resistance in the value chain. Utilizing a grounded theory approach, it highlights the positionality and power structures affecting vanilla producers, including gender, age, and socio-economic factors. The work provides a framework for understanding power in development social research, offering insights into how power dynamics influence production and market access in agricultural settings. The book is aimed at scholars and practitioners interested in development studies, social research, and agricultural economics. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

TABLE OF CONTENT

TABLE OF FIGURES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

ABSTRACT

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG

RÉSUMÉ

INTRODUCTION

1. DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH: WHAT AND WHY

2. DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH AS POWER ANALYSIS: A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

3. DOING DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH IN THE CONTEXT OF AGRICULTURE VALUE CHAINS: A GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH

4. SETTING THE STAGE: MADAGASCAR AND ITS VANILLA VALUE CHAIN

5. POSITIONALITY OF VALUE CHAIN ACTORS: IDENTIFYING ACTORS AND MARKING DIFFERENCES

6. POWER AND PATRONAGE: EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AND AMONG PRODUCERS AND OTHER ACTORS AT THE PRODUCTION NODE OF THE NE MALAGASY VANILLA VALUE CHAIN

7. "WE CANNOT EAT VANILLA": OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR RESISTANCE, AND (AUTONOMOUS) ORGANIZING AMONG PRODUCERS

8. THE "PLURALITY" OF POWER: CONCEPTUALIZING, ANALYZING AND USING POWER AT THE PRODUCTION NODE OF THE VANILLA VALUE CHAIN IN MADAGASCAR'S SAVA REGION.

CONCLUSION: POWER ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ANNEX.

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ISBN:

9783643964205

364396420X

OCLC:

1407312403