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Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa

Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa - Paperback

by ?rla Ryan
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Availability:In StockContributor:?rla Ryan, Alcinda Honwana (Editor), Alex de Waal (Editor)Series:African ArgumentsPublish date:2012-04-12Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Zed BooksISBN-13:9781780323091ISBN-10:1780323093UPC:9781780323091Book Category:Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Developing & Emerging Countries, Development, IndustriesBook Topic:Economic Development, AgribusinessSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SC699HZ88W

Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury.

From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer poverty includes the human stories of the producers and traders at the heart of the West African industry. Orla Ryan shows that only a tiny fraction of the cash we pay for a chocolate bar actually makes it back to the farmers, and sheds light on what Fair Trade really means on the ground.

Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it on to our supermarket shelves.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Zed BooksISBN-13:9781780323091ISBN-10:1780323093UPC:9781780323091Book Category:Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Developing & Emerging Countries, Development, IndustriesBook Topic:Economic Development, AgribusinessSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SC699HZ88W

Orla Ryan works for the Financial Times in London. She lived in Africa for more than four years, first in Uganda, and then in Ghana, where she worked for Reuters.
Orla Ryan works for the Financial Times in London. She lived in Africa for more than four years, first in Uganda, and then in Ghana, where she worked for Reuters.


Publisher: Zed Books

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?rla Ryan, Alcinda Honwana (Editor), Alex de Waal (Editor)

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?rla Ryan

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