Fortress Farming: Agrarian Transitions, Livelihoods, and Coffee Value Chains in Indonesia

by Jeff Neilson

Fortress Farming identifies in Indonesia's rural coffee-growing regions an alternative livelihood strategy that is reshaping relationships with land and informing Indonesia's agrarian transition. Jeff Neilson presents "fortress farming" households as ones that are reluctant to embrace productivity-maximizing agriculture, even as they interact with commodity markets and powerful downstream companies. Rather, these households...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501780921
• ISBN13: 9781501780929
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher