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Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa (African Arguments)

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Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa (African Arguments)

Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury.

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 that only a tiny fraction of the cash we pay for a chocolate bar actually makes it back to the farmers, and sheds light on what Fair Trade really means on the ground.

Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it on to our supermarket shelves.

Country	USA
Author	Órla Ryan
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	2
EISBN	9781780325828
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Zed Books
Manufacturer	Zed Books
NumberOfPages	194
PublicationDate	2012-11-15
Publisher	Zed Books
ReleaseDate	2012-11-15
Studio	Zed Books

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