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Sustainable Cocoa in the Peruvian Amazon: Agricultural Transformations in an Extractivist Landscape book cover

1st Edition

Sustainable Cocoa in the Peruvian Amazon Agricultural Transformations in an Extractivist Landscape

By Anke Kaulard Copyright 2027
144 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Set against this backdrop of national extractivist policies, this book explores the sustainable production of cocoa in the Peruvian Amazon to investigate the role of local communities and the impact of sustainability governance. Sustainable Cocoa in the Peruvian Amazon draws on extensive ethnographic research from the San Martin region to showcase the extent to which sustainable production is... Read more

Part I: Framework and Origins 1. Introduction: Cacao Politics and Sustainable Agricultural Productive Transformation 2. Origins: The Peruvian State’s presence in the Amazonian region of San Martín Part II: The Cases of Regional and Local Cacao Synergies and Tensions 3. State-Society Synergies for Sustainability Transformation in the San Martín Region 4. Chazuta and Picota: Cacao Value Networks, Living Infrastructures, and Divergent Pathways of Sustainability Transformation 5. Reframing Sustainable Agricultural Transformation: Subnational State, Synergistic Infrastructures and Territorial Value

Biography

Anke Kaulard holds a PhD in sociology and teaches at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Her journey in capacity-building and action-research began over two decades ago, starting with her involvement in development cooperation projects in Latin America.

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