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Coffee: terroirs and qualities

Montagnon C. (ed.), Biggins P.. 2006. Versailles : Ed. Quae, 172 p..

Coffee: terroirs and qualities is a new, revised and enhanced version of the book "Cafés : terroirs et qualités" published in French in 2003. It is a book of meetings. Meetings between men and women who study coffee growing from different angles: from the viewpoint of human societies who practise it and the lanscapes it shapes, taking a geographical and socio-economic approach; in terms of the plant itself, its cultivation and processing, taking an agronomic and technological approach. This is the meeting between the MOCA group, from the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail, and the CIRAD, a meeting that led to the idea of a book in which those points of view and experiences could be compared, gain mutual enrichment and provide food for thought. Taking concrete examples, it analyses the relation between terroirs and qualities, examines the role of quality in coffee sector revival programmes and examines how the coffee supply chains perform in the face of market realities. It is intended for a broad readership: researchers, students, managers in the coffee supply chain, representatives from producer groups, policy-makers and manufacturers. Foreword: I - Qualities and territories, a reciprocal relationship : The qualities of a coffee (Jean-Jacques Perriot, Fabienne Ribeyre, Christophe Montagnon). Coffee qualities and territories: an historical viewpoint (Benoît Daviron). Coffee and mountains: product quality and territory qualification (François Bart). Origin coffees: are Appellations of Origin on the horizon? (Jean-Christophe Galland, Jacques Avelino, Alejandra Larrain, Christophe Montagnon). II - The place of quality in revival policies : Populations, territory and coffee revival on Kilimanjaro (Bernard Charlery de la Masselière). Coffee in Cuba: State earnings or a source of income for farmers? (Denise Douzant-Rosenfeld). Migratory tradition and promotion of terroirs in Brazil (Pernette Grandjean). A model in crisis: the Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (Je

Mots-clés : café; localisation des productions; provenance; région d'altitude; histoire; politique de développement; qualité; facteur lié au site; république-unie de tanzanie; cuba; brésil; colombie; burundi; cameroun; amérique centrale; caraïbes; côte d'ivoire; terroir

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