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Coffee Tourism in El Salvador: An Al...

Armendariz, Heidi Stephania.

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Coffee Tourism in El Salvador: An Alternative for a Sustainable Livelihood.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Coffee Tourism in El Salvador: An Alternative for a Sustainable Livelihood./
作者:	Armendariz, Heidi Stephania.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
面頁冊數:	93 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 80-04.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International80-04.
標題:	Physical anthropology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10936838
ISBN:	9780438429383

Coffee Tourism in El Salvador: An Alternative for a Sustainable Livelihood.
Armendariz, Heidi Stephania.

Coffee Tourism in El Salvador: An Alternative for a Sustainable Livelihood. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 93 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 80-04.

Thesis (M.A.)--San Diego State University, 2018.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

The collapse of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989 resulted in a relentless cycle of debt and social instability for coffee producers in Central America and Mexico. The ineluctable debt accumulated by coffee farmers in these countries is affecting their ability to maintain coffee production in the midst of volatile coffee prices. Coffee is the second largest commodity of world trade and contributes to the livelihoods of an estimated 25 million families worldwide. As the crisis continues, rural populations dependent on the coffee market are seeking alternative methods to sustain their livelihoods. One alternative that has the potential to diversify local incomes as well as preserve coffee farms is coffee tourism. In the case presented here, El Salvador's coffee industry remains in a perilous state due to a lack of environmental, financial, and social sustainability. While coffee tourism shows promise, its potential to sustain the livelihoods of coffee producers in the highly volatile state of El Salvador has not been explored. Existing ethnographic research on El Salvador has focused on the post-Civil War context in terms of political instability and massive outmigration. There remains little empirical research on how many Salvadorans attempt normalcy and even progress. This thesis examines the resilience of farmers in coffee cooperatives and how they have implemented different mechanisms not only to preserve coffee farms in a sustainable manner, but also to offer tourists the opportunity to witness the significance of coffee in the region. This thesis is a qualitative study of coffee tourism in two cooperatives and one private coffee estate. By using a comparative approach, I explore the differences in how cooperatives focus on sustainable livelihoods for all stakeholders, while the coffee estate focuses on economic development for the estate and not the workers and other employees who sustain it. I draw upon ethnographic research in three communities to document the lives of the many stakeholders involved on these three farms by combining participant observation, informal interviews, oral history interviews, and political economic analysis to demonstrate how coffee tourism can assuage economic turmoil and promote a sustainable livelihood for the communities.

ISBN: 9780438429383Subjects--Topical Terms:

518358
Physical anthropology.

Coffee Tourism in El Salvador: An Alternative for a Sustainable Livelihood.
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