Coffee and Community : Maya Farmers and Fair-Trade Markets /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lyon, Sarah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Maya
Fairer Handel
Kaffeehandel
Bauer
Kaffeeproduktion
Competition, Unfair.
Coffee > Social aspects.
Coffee industry.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
Cafe > Commerce > Guatemala.
Competition, Unfair > Guatemala.
Coffee > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Coffee industry > Guatemala.
Guatemala
Guatemala.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (278 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9781607320586

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