Chocolate nations : living and dying for cocoa in West Africa /
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Ryan, Orla
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BookSeries: African arguments: Publisher: London ; New York, NY : New York, NY : Zed ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2011Description: viii, 182 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781848130050; 1848130058; 9781848130043; 184813004x.Subject(s): Cocoa trade -- Ghana | Cocoa trade -- Côte d'Ivoire | Cocoa trade -- Africa, West | Cacao growers -- Ghana -- Economic conditions | Cacao growers -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Economic conditions | Cacao growers -- Africa, West -- Economic conditions | Chocolate| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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KAMPALA UNIVERSITY, JINJA General Section | HD9200.G42 R932011 (Browse shelf) | c1 | Available | Material available in hard copy | 2018-0821 |
"In association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, Social Science Research Council."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-174) and index
Ghana is cocoa -- Cocoa wars -- Child labour -- Follow the money -- From bean to bar -- Fairtrade myths and reality -- Trading games -- Building a sustainable future
Chocolate. The very word hints of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury -- p. [4] of cover
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 how only a tiny fraction of the cash we pay for a chocolate bar actually makes it back to the farmers, and she sheds light on what Fairtrade really means on the ground -- p. [4] of cover
Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it onto our supermarket shelves -- p. [4] of cover
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