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

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ISBN:

9780262267526

9781435627970

9781282099319

Title:

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

Author:

Bacon, Christopher M.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 390 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

Food, health, and the environment

Contents:

pt. 1. Context and analytical framework -- The international coffee crisis : a review of the issues / David Goodman -- Agroecological foundations for designing sustainable coffee agroecosystems / Stephen R. Gliessmann -- The roots of the coffee crisis / Seth Petchers and Shayna Harris -- pt. 2. Ecological and social dimensions of producers' responses -- Coffee-production strategies in a changing rural landscape : a case study in central Veracruz, Mexico / Laura Trujillo -- The benefits and sustainability of organic farming by peasant coffee farmers in Chiapas, Mexico / Maria Elena Martínez-Torres -- A grower typology approach to assessing the environmental impact of coffee farming in Veracruz, Mexico / Carlos Guadarrama-Zugasti -- Confronting the coffee crisis : can fair trade, organic, and specialty coffees reduce the vulnerability of small-scale farmers in northern Nicaragua? / Christopher M. Bacon -- Coffee agroforestry in the aftermath of modernization : diversified production and livelihood strategies in post-reform Nicaragua / Silke Mason Westphal -- Farmers' livelihoods and biodiversity conservation in a coffee landscape of El Salvador / V. Ernesto Méndez -- pt. 3. Alternative south-north networks and markets -- Social dimensions of organic coffee production in Mexico : lessons for ecolabeling initiatives / David B. Bray, José Luis Plaza Sanchez, and Ellen Contreras Murphy -- Serve and certify : paradoxes of service work in organic coffee certification / Tad Mutersbaugh -- Organic and social certifications : recent developments from the global regulators / Sasha Courville -- From differentiated coffee markets toward alternative trade and knowledge networks / Roberta Jaffe and Christopher M. Bacon -- Cultivating sustainable coffee : persistent paradoxes / Christopher M. Bacon, V. Ernesto Méndez, and Jonathan A. Fox.

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Subject Term:

Coffee industry -- Mexico.

Coffee industry -- Central America.

Coffee industry -- Mexico -- Case studies.

Coffee industry -- Central America -- Case studies.

Added Author:

Bacon, Christopher M.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2008

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Summary

Combining interdisciplinary research with case study analysis at scales ranging from the local to the global, Confronting the Coffee Crisis reveals the promise and the perils of efforts to create a more sustainable coffee industry

Our morning cups of coffee connect us to a global industry and an export crisis in the tropics that is destroying livelihoods, undermining the cohesion of families and communities, and threatening ecosystems. Confronting the Coffee Crisis explores small-scale farming, the political economy of the global coffee industry, and initiatives that claim to promote more sustainable rural development in coffee-producing communities. Contributors review the historical, political, economic, and agroecological processes within today's coffee industry and analyze the severely depressed export market that faces small-scale growers in Mexico and Central America.

The book presents a series of interdisciplinary, empirically rich case studies showing how small-scale farmers manage ecosystems and organize collectively as they seek useful collaborations with international NGOs and coffee companies to create opportunities for themselves in the coffee market. The findings demonstrate the interconnections among farmer livelihoods, biodiversity, conservation, and changing coffee markets. Additional chapters examine alternative trade practices, certification, and eco-labeling, discussing the politics and market growth of organic, shade-grown, and Fair Trade coffees. Combining interdisciplinary research with case-study analysis at scales ranging from the local to the global, Confronting the Coffee Crisis reveals the promise and the perils of efforts to create a more sustainable coffee industry.

Contributors

Christopher M. Bacon, David B. Bray, Sasha Courville, Jonathan A. Fox, Stephen R. Gliessman, David Goodman, Carlos Guadarrama-Zugasti, Shayna Harris, Roberta Jaffe, Maria Elena Martinez-Torres, V. Ernesto Mendez, Ellen Contreras Murphy, Tad Mutersbaugh, Seth Petchers, Jose Luis Plaza-Sanchez, Laura Trujillo, Silke Mason Westphal