The coffee paradox : global markets, commodity trade, and the elusive promise of development /
This book recasts the so-called coffee paradox - the coexistence of a?coffee boom? in consuming countries and of a?coffee crisis? in producing countries. While coffee bar chains have expanded rapidly in consuming countries, international coffee prices have fallen dramatically and producers receive t...
| Основен автор: | Daviron, Benoit. |
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| Автор-организации: | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (Ede, Netherlands) |
| Други автори: | Ponte, Stefano. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York : New York :
Zed Books in association with the CTA ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=263753 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Coffee paradox. |
| Резюме: |
This book recasts the so-called coffee paradox - the coexistence of a?coffee boom? in consuming countries and of a?coffee crisis? in producing countries. While coffee bar chains have expanded rapidly in consuming countries, international coffee prices have fallen dramatically and producers receive the lowest prices in decades. The paradox exists because what farmers sell and what consumers buy are increasingly?different? coffees. It is not material quality that contemporary coffee consumers pay for, it is mostly symbolic quality and in-person services. As long as coffee farmers and their or. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxiv, 295 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781848130593 1848130597 1281215600 9781281215604 |