FAIR TRADE AND A GLOBAL COMMODITY by Pete Luetchford ( 9780745326993 )

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FAIR TRADE AND A GLOBAL COMMODITY
COFFEE IN COSTA RICA

By:

Pete Luetchford

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0745326994

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Publisher:

PLUTO PRESS

Pub. date:

14 November, 2007

Series:

Anthropology, Culture and Society

Pages:

240

Description:

An anthropological account of fair trade farming and the conflicts and contradictions of the movement.

Synopsis:

Fair trade is widely regarded as a universal good. This fascinating anthropological study takes a closer look at a coffee-growing community and cooperatives in Costa Rica - and subjects the fair trade movement to critical scrutiny. As with conventional coffee, Western demand for organic fair trade produce is largely met by more affluent individuals with larger landholdings. As a result, it is caught up in the conflicts of interest and resentments that are part of the coffee industry as a whole. Ultimately fair trade fails to escape divisions that characterise other forms of production and consumption.All growers are united in their criticism of the high margins accumulated by regional and transnational processors and exporters. Sustainability, just rewards and social cohesion have formed part of the world view of these agricultural communities for decades. This book shows how there is much common ground between the worlds of the commodity grower and the priorities of the fair trade movement - if not necessarily always in the ways we might suppose.

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