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Sugar (Paperback)
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List price R481
Loot Price R451
Discovery Miles 4 510
You Save R30 (6%)
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There is more sugar in the world's diet than ever before, but life
is far from sweet for the exploited producers making nature's
'white gold' and the unhealthy consumers eating it. Why has the
billion-dollar sugar trade created such inequities? In this
insightful analysis, Ben Richardson argues that the most compelling
answers to this question can be found in the dynamics of global
capitalism. Led by multinational companies, the mass consumption of
sweetened snacks has taken hold in the Global South and underpinned
a new wave of foreign investment in sugar production. The expansion
of large-scale and highly-industrialised farms across Latin
America, Asia and Africa has kept the price of sugar down whilst
pushing workers out of jobs and rural dwellers off the land.
However, challenges to these practices are gathering momentum.
Health advocates warning against costly diseases like diabetes,
trade unions fighting for better pay, and local residents
campaigning for a cleaner environment are all re-shaping the way
sugar is consumed and produced. But to truly transform sugar,
Richardson contends, these political activities must also address
the profit-driven nature of food and farming itself.
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