The future of Fair Trade coffee: dilemmas facing Latin America's small-scale producers

Author(s)
Murray, Douglas
Raynolds, Laura
Taylor, Peter
Editor(s)
Eade, Deborah
Publication date
2006-04-01
Subject
Approach and methodology
Trade
Keywords
Development methods
Fair trade
Country
Mexico

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130782
DOI
10.1080/09614520600562397
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
Fair Trade has become a dynamic and successful dimension of an emerging counter-tendency to the neo-liberal globalisation regime. This study explores some of the dilemmas facing the Fair Trade movement as it seeks to broaden and deepen its impact among the rural poor of Latin America's coffee sector. We argue that the efforts to broaden Fair Trade's economic impact among poor, small-scale producers are creating challenges for deepening the political impact of a movement that is based on social justice and environmental sustainability. The study is based on two years' research and seven case studies of Mexican and Central American small-scale farmer cooperatives producing coffee for the Fair Trade market.
Pages
14
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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