Jeff Neilson, Bill Pritchard

Value Chain Struggles

Institutions and Governance in the Plantation Districts of South India

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Produktbeschreibung

There is no question that trouble is brewing for millions of coffee and tea producers worldwide. Over the past decade, the playing field has shifted as international prices have crashed and buyers have laid down extensive new requirements for market access. Value Chain Struggles gets to the roots of these important issues by investigating the impact of new trading arrangements in the coffee and tea sectors on the lives of struggling growers in South India. Adopting a 'global value chain' approach - one that links production, trade and consumption - we see the net effect this restructuring is having on the people, communities and environment in this fertile region of the world. Like a caffeinated jolt, Value Chain Struggles: Institutions and Governance in the Plantation Districts of South India opens our eyes to the devastating impact of recent changes to global trading relations on rural producers in the world's developing countries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781405173933
• ISBN-10: 1405173939
• Artikelnr.: 29949439

Autorenporträt

Jeff Neilson maintains primary research interests in rural development and environmental issues across various Asian countries. He completed his PhD with a study of the Indonesian coffee industry, has authored twelve refereed publications, and has worked as a consultant to various international development agencies. Dr Neilson is currently employed as a post-doctoral research fellow in geography at the University of Sydney, Australia. Bill Pritchard is an Economic Geographer whose research has focused on global change in agriculture, food and rural places. He has authored two books, edited four others, and written more than forty refereed publications. He is an active member and former convener of the Australia & New Zealand Agri-Food Research Network, a member of the Australian Research Council Research Network on Spatially Integrated Social Sciences, and Steering Committee Member of the International Geographical Union Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction

2. Re-inserting Place and Institutions within Global Value ChainAnalysis

3. How to Make a (South Indian) Cup of Tea or Coffee

4. The Institutional Environment of South Indian Tea and CoffeeIndustries

5. Struggles Over Labor and Livelihoods

6. Struggles over Environmental Governance in the Coffee Forestsof Kodagu

7. Smallholder Engagement in Global Value Chains: Initiatives inthe Nilgiris

8. Making a Living in the Global Economy: InstitutionalEnvironments and Value Chain Upgrading

9. Conclusion: What we Brewed

Rezensionen

"Extremely well written, clearly argued and nicely illustrated,this book offers a wonderfully detailed case study of tea andcoffee cultivation in South India - in all its multi-scalarinstitutional and regulatory contexts - and yet also speakspowerfully to a variety of wider theoretical issues concerningglobal value chains, global private regulation, and ethical andsustainable production schemes."
-Neil Coe, University of Manchester

"This book gets to the roots of new trading arrangements in thecoffee and tea sectors which affect the lives of struggling growersin South India. Adoption of a meaningful global value chainapproach that links production, trade and consumption is the uniquefeature of this book. Arrays of issues including history,geography, politics and culture at local, regional and nationallevels have been covered. It is certainly a valuable, scholarly andpolicy contribution."
-P. G. Chengappa, Vice Chancellor, Universityof Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India