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Social Sustainability in Agriculture: An Anthropological Perspective on Child Labour in Cocoa Production in Ghana

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Based on historical sources and ethnographic fieldwork in Ghana, the article presents child labour in cocoa communities as the outcome of a complex myriad of micro-level factors. It argues that many policy initiatives to address this problem have been hindered by a lack of understanding of the social and historical context impacting child rights in cocoa-producing communities. It also argues that by enabling a more grounded and gender-sensitive understanding of the household dimension of poor labour practices and of the plurality of factors underlying them, ethnography makes an important contribution to debates on unfree labour.

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  • Amanda Berlan, 2013. "Social Sustainability in Agriculture: An Anthropological Perspective on Child Labour in Cocoa Production in Ghana," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(8), pages 1088-1100, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:49:y:2013:i:8:p:1088-1100
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.780041
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