Chia: From Tribute to Super Food

 

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Bibliografiset tiedot
Tekijä: Fonseca González, Vanessa
Aineistotyyppi: capítulo de libro
Julkaisupäivä:2017
Kuvaus:This chapter uses world-systems analysis to explain how Chia production evolved from constituting a staple food in the Aztec "world empire" to become integrated in the world-economy system. The first section explains its use and distribution in pre-Columbian times. It highlights its role in the economic system and its articulation within the religious and productive sectors of the Aztec Empire. A second section reviews current chia production and exports mainly in Latin America, in order to map major producers, distributors, mergers, trends and local politics influencing its trade. The analysis explains how chia production and distribution processes dramatically changed in the last 20 years due to different regional factors and increasing global demand for the crop. Finally it assess positioning and branding strategies for chia-based products in key markets worldwide. This chapter reviews how marketing strategies reinvent and brand chia as superfood in late capitalism, when nostalgia and cultural re-signification are central to consumption practices
Maa:Kérwá
Organisaatio:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Kieli:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/86905
Linkit:https://www.routledge.com/A-Stakeholder-Approach-to-Managing-Food-Local-National-and-Global-Issues/Lindgreen-Hingley-Angell-Memery/p/book/9781472456052
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/86905
Sanahaku:GLOBALIZACIÓN
Chia
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY