Review
‘An important contribution to the literarature on primary products and economic development.’ - Diego Pizano, International and Economic Advisor, National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia ‘Daviron and Ponte have done a masterful job both of showing the limits to ‘free’ trade in agricultural products as well as providing some concrete proposals as to what must be done to promote greater equity. The story of the global coffee trade is an essential lesson for all those concerned about international development. This volume should be read by anyone who is interested in how international trade takes place on the ground as opposed to abstract theorizing about it.’ - Lawrence Busch, Director, Institute for Food a [Read More...]
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December 13th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Fair trade and organic coffee is seen by many as the solution to poverty among coffee farmers of the South, although these are excellent solutions for a group of coffee producers they leave out the vast majority of producers. Ponte and Daviron outline what other possible solutions are available to solve the problem. These solutions could ideally reach the majority of coffee producers. I would recomend this book to anyone interested in coffee and the quality of life of producers of the global South.