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Geographies of commodity chains Alex Hughes, Suzanne Reimer 0 Resenhas Routledge, 2004 - 276 páginas Geographies of Commodity Chainsdraws together contributions concerned with the production, circulation, and consumption of commodities. Not only do these case study examples seek to transcend older understandings of production and consumption, but they also explicitly tap into wider public debate about the meanings, origins, and biographies of commodities. The book takes a geographical approach to the analysis of links between producers and consumers, focusing on the ways in which these ties increasingly are stretched across spaces and places. Critical engagements with the ways in which these spaces and places affect the economies, cultures, and politics of the connections between producers and consumers are threaded through each section.

Home About ISCOM Sustainable Chain Management Projects News Publications Contact Links ISCOM ISCOM's projects focus on sustainable production and Sustainable Chain Management in particular. This means that the entire production chain is taken into account, from quality management for farmers to marketing and sales. Currently, ISCOM is strongly devoted to the cause of small-scale farmers in developing countries as producers of commodities. Commodities are products - both in agriculture and industry - which in many places in the world are produced in great quantities. Examples are rice, cocoa, coffee, pineapple and French beans. Here the sustainability strategies take the interests of the farmers are point of departure: sustainable agriculture, poverty reduction and professionalisation. ISCOM is also active in research - both strategic and applied - from a broader social perspective, such as sustainable purchasing and climate-based policies in developing countries. Moreover, first steps are taken to develop with various partners management courses based on the principles just mentione