Despite the high value of the global chocolate market and the high profitability of the few
multinational companies dominating it, the farmers growing cocoa beans remain poor. To …

Research and debates around mineral extraction in the context of social-ecological
transformation have to date dedicated limited attention to price-making. Drawing on the …

The prices of cash crops impact the livelihoods of millions of households in developing
countries. While the influence of speculators on global commodity prices determined …

Lao PDR is undergoing a rapid agrarian transformation, underpinned by a growing
commercial production of commodity crops such as cassava by smallholder farmers. The …

Current sustainability transformations render certain minerals, such as lithium,'critical'. We
argue that criticality is actively produced, involving demand, supply and price perceptions …

Despite efforts by governments, industry, civil society and other key stakeholders to ensure
fairer farmer incomes, eradicate child labour, and address causes of cocoa-related …

Given the generally low adoption of early climate change response technologies among tree
crop producers in sub-Saharan Africa, stakeholders interested in the commercialization or …

This paper identifies several governance factors that enable economic upgrading and the
link between economic and social upgrading/downgrading of smallholders and Abusa …

The prices of cash crops are crucial to the livelihood of millions of households in developing
countries. While the influence of financial investors on the determination of global …

Dependence on agro-commodity exports amongst low-income economies mean that they
are uniquely vulnerable to balance of payment shocks. They are often also dependent on …