ERIC Number: EJ731301
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Publication Date: 2004-Jan
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Trinidad, Brazil, and Ghana: Three Melting Moments in the History of Cocoa
Leiter, Jeffrey; Harding, Sandra
Journal of Rural Studies, v20 n1 p113-130 Jan 2004
This paper examines decline in cocoa production at three historical moments: Trinidad in the early 18th century, Brazil in the first half of the 20th century, and Ghana in the recent transition from colonialism to independence. In each, decline followed promising expansion. Conventional explanations have been based on biological, agronomic, and market factors. Following a commodity systems approach, we use the extant literature to focus in addition on labor control dilemmas and the consequences of state action and inaction. Throughout, use of the cocoa commodity system as the unit of analysis exposes important commonalities related to power, constraint, and motivation.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Production, Government Role, Labor Market, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economic Climate
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil; Ghana; Trinidad and Tobago
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