Book description
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
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.
