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Tracing connections and its politics (2014)
Book Chapter
Novak, P. (2014). Tracing connections and its politics. In H. Alff, & A. Benz (Eds.), Tracing Connections: Explorations of Spaces and Places in Asian Contexts. VWB

The chapter argues that studying places and identities as a tension yields useful research insights, because it forces us to do three things. First, it forces us to think about places and identities as processes – as continuously configured and re-co... Read More about Tracing connections and its politics.

Partnerships in fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua (2014)
Journal Article
Donovan, J., & Poole, N. (2014). Partnerships in fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua. Food chain (2011. Online), 4(1), 34-48. https://doi.org/10.3362/2046-1887.2014.004

This paper examines efforts by buyers and NGOs to build the supply of Fairtrade coffee from the Nicaragua-based cooperative Soppexcca following the coffee crisis. Support was aimed at transforming Soppexcca into a viable business, able to respond to... Read More about Partnerships in fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua.

Building cooperative capacity: the specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua (2014)
Journal Article
Poole, N., & Donovan, J. Building cooperative capacity: the specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 4(2), 133-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-01-2013-0002

Purpose – Within the context of widespread donor support for producer organizations, the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of interventions aimed at rescuing a failed cooperative and improving performance and business linkages between gr... Read More about Building cooperative capacity: the specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua.