Fortress Farming - Agrarian Transitions, Livelihoods, Coffee Value Chains in Indonesia

"This book examines how the livelihoods of Indonesian rural households have been affected by their integration into the global value chain for coffee. It highlights the changing importance of land as a livelihood resource by introducing the concept of Fortress Farming"--

List of contents

Introduction: Fortress Farming and Indonesian Coffee

1. Agrarian Change and Livelihoods in a World of GlobalValue Chains

2. Agrarian Transitions and Structural Transformation of the Indonesian Economy

3. The Indonesian State and Rural Patronage

4. Global Capital and the Organization of Coffee Value Chains

5. Institutions of Land Access

6. Fortress Farming in Toraja

7. Fortress Farming in Semende

Conclusion: Fortress Farming and the Politics of Land in Late-Industrializing Countries

About the author

Jeff Neilson is Associate Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Sydney. He is the coauthor of Value Chain Struggles and the coeditor of Global Value Chains and Global Production Networks.

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Neilson
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2025
• EAN: 9781501780929
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-8092-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Cornell Series on Land: New Perspectives on Territory, Development, and Environment
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)