COLLECTIVE CHALLENGES AND THE FAIR TRADE ALTERNATIVE: The Manduvirá Cooperative

As you enter the town of arroyos y esteros, in Paraguay’s department of Cordillera, you can’t miss a sign on the main highway that greets visitors: “Welcome to the organic valley of Arroyos y Esteros. The world’s organic sugar cradle.” The sign is appropriately jubilant, but the region’s path to org...

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Hauptverfasser:	MARCELA VÁSQUEZ-LEÓN, ANDRÉS GONZÁLEZ AGUILERA
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agricultural geography Agricultural land Agricultural sciences Agriculture Agronomy Applied sciences Arroyos Biochemistry Biological sciences Biomolecules Business Business operations Carbohydrates Collective farms Commerce Crops Earth sciences Fair trade Farming Farming systems Farmlands Farms Field crops Fluvial channels Fluvial landforms Food Food policy Food science Foodstuffs Geography Geomorphology Government International cooperation International economic cooperation International politics International relations Landforms Macromolecules Organic certification Organic farming Organic foods Physical sciences Political science Politics Public administration Public policy Sugar cane Sugar crops Sugars Sustainable agriculture Trade
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Zusammenfassung:	As you enter the town of arroyos y esteros, in Paraguay’s department of Cordillera, you can’t miss a sign on the main highway that greets visitors: “Welcome to the organic valley of Arroyos y Esteros. The world’s organic sugar cradle.” The sign is appropriately jubilant, but the region’s path to organic success has been complicated. Much of their success has depended on the Cooperativa de Producción Agroindustrial Manduvirá Ltda. and its ability to channel individual initiative into collective action.* In a period of fewer than 15 years, the Manduvirá cooperative transformed itself from a bankrupt agricultural cooperative to one of