Adopting a 'global value chain' approach, Value Chain
Struggles investigates the impact of new trading arrangements
in the coffee and tea sectors on the lives and in the communities
of growers in South India.
* Offers a timely analysis of the social hardships of tea and
coffee producers
* Takes the reader into the lives of growers in Southern India
who are struggling with issues of value chain restructuring
* Reveals the ways that the restructuring triggers a series of
political and economic struggles across a range of economic,
social, and environmental arenas
* Puts into perspective claims about the impacts of recent
changes to global trading relations on rural producers in
developing countries
Autorentext
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.
Klappentext
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
Zusammenfassung
Adopting a 'global value chain' approach, Value Chain Struggles investigates the impact of new trading arrangements in the coffee and tea sectors on the lives and in the communities of growers in South India.
- Offers a timely analysis of the social hardships of tea and coffee producers
- Takes the reader into the lives of growers in Southern India who are struggling with issues of value chain restructuring
- Reveals the ways that the restructuring triggers a series of political and economic struggles across a range of economic, social, and environmental arenas
- Puts into perspective claims about the impacts of recent changes to global trading relations on rural producers in developing countries
Inhalt
List of Figures vi
List of Tables viii
Series Editors' Preface x
Acknowledgements xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Re-inserting Place and Institutions within Global Value Chain Analysis 27
3 How to Make a (South Indian) Cup of Tea or Coffee 66
4 The Institutional Environment of the South Indian Tea and Coffee Industries 107
5 Struggles over Labour and Livelihoods 130
6 Struggles over Environmental Governance in the Coffee Forests of Kodagu 162
7 Smallholder Engagement in Global Value Chains: Initiatives in the Nilgiris 186
8 Making a Living in the Global Economy: Institutional Environments and Value Chain Upgrading 210
9 Conclusion: What We Brewed 230
Appendix A: The Role of Managing Agents 240
Appendix B: The Operation and Intended Reform of South India's Tea Auctions 241
Appendix C: Restructuring of Tata Tea's Munnar Operations 246
Notes 248
Bibliography 263
Index 291