CRITERIA FOR FAIR-TRADE
Most brands and organizations associated with fair-trade endorse the following broad principles a guaranteed minimum price to producers, which may involve a 'surcharge' or premium above world market price a commitment to improve social and working conditions for producers a commitment to avoid trading in food products that compete for land with essential subsistence farming a commitment to assist producers in product development, education, training, and improving organization and marketing a commitment to democratically-organized producer cooperatives who are interested in the development of their region, in the empowerment of women, and in the preservation and regeneration of their culture and ecosystem.
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| Format: | News Item biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1997
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48619 http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta67e/ |
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| Summary: | Most brands and organizations associated with fair-trade endorse the following broad principles
a guaranteed minimum price to producers, which may involve a 'surcharge' or premium above world market price
a commitment to improve social and working conditions for producers
a commitment to avoid trading in food products that compete for land with essential subsistence farming
a commitment to assist producers in product development, education, training, and improving organization and marketing
a commitment to democratically-organized producer cooperatives who are interested in the development of their region, in the empowerment of women, and in the preservation and regeneration of their culture and ecosystem. |
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