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Brewing Unequal Exchanges in Coffee: A Qualitative Investigation into the Consequences of the Java Trade in Rural Uganda

Journal of World-Systems Research

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Title Brewing Unequal Exchanges in Coffee: A Qualitative Investigation into the Consequences of the Java Trade in Rural Uganda
 
Creator Austin, Kelly F.
 
Subject Sociology; Anthropology; Global Studies
Coffee exports, ecologically unequal exchange, Uganda
 
Description This study represents a qualitative case study examining the broad impacts of coffee cultivation from a rural region in Eastern Uganda, the Bududa District. Over 20 interviews with coffee cultivators provide insights into how the coffee economy impacts gender relations, physical health, deforestation, and economic conditions. While there are some material benefits from cultivating and selling coffee beans, a lack of long-term economic stability for households and the consequences for the status of women, the health of the community, and the local environment calls into question the efficacy of coffee production as a viable development scheme that significantly enhances overall community well-being. This research hopes to bring attention to the mechanisms that enable broader unequal exchange relationships by focusing on the perspectives and experiences of growers in Bududa, Uganda, where a considerable amount of world coffee is grown and supplied to consumers in core nations. 
 
Publisher University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
 
Contributor Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Lehigh Univeristy
 
Date 2017-08-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/668
10.5195/jwsr.2017.668
 
Source Journal of World-Systems Research; Vol 23, No 2 (2017): Special Issue: Unequal Ecological Exchange; 326-352
1076-156X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/668/986
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Kelly F. Austin
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