Saving Fine Chocolate: Equity, Productivity and Quality in Cocoa Co-ops

Saving Fine Chocolate: Equity, Productivity and Quality in Cocoa Co-ops
Author: Ted Weihe
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2015-07-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1329373944

The future of fine chocolate depends on strengthening cocoa cooperatives in Latin America where the bulk of Fairtrade, organic & unique flavor profiles originate. These small farmer cocoa co-ops need to implement member investment plans (known as member equity), develop model farms & training for rapid productivity gains & adopt innovative quality methodologies to meet this rapidly growing consumer demand. The book explains what a co-op is and is not and its role in economic and social development. Development organizations, chocolate industry and Fair Trade advocates should better understand co-ops as group-based businesses that can lift small cocoa farmers out of poverty. Successful programs are presented on member equity, innovative farmer training & post-harvest processing, and bottom-up quality methodologies with new tools and approaches that cocoa co-ops can adopt. Those who loves dark fine chocolates should read this book.

Monthly Journal

Monthly Journal
Author: Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (Great Britain).
Publisher:
Total Pages: 692
Release: 1921
Genre: Construction workers
ISBN:

Managing Diversity

Managing Diversity
Author: Michalle E. Mor Barak
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 686
Release: 2016-10-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1483386139

Winner of the George R. Terry Book Award from Academy of Management and the Outstanding Academic Title Award from CHOICE Magazine Successful management of our increasingly diverse workforce is one of the most important challenges facing organizations today. In the Fourth Edition of her award-winning text, Managing Diversity, author Michàlle E. Mor Barak argues that inclusion is the key to unleashing the potential embedded in a multicultural workforce. This thoroughly updated new edition includes the latest research, statistics, policy, and case examples. A new chapter on inclusive leadership explores the diversity paradox and unpacks how leaders can leverage diversity to increase innovation and creativity for competitive advantage. A new chapter devoted to "Practical Steps for Creating an Inclusive Workplace" presents a four-stage intervention and implementation model with accompanying scales that can been used to assess inclusion in the workplace, making this the most practical edition ever.