PPT-A Commodity Chain Analysis on Fair Trade Coffee

Becoming a cup of joe The coffee trees are planted in a shady warm environment Planted from a seed the coffee tree takes 3 yrs to grow and then 6 yrs to mature The coffee cherries are hand picked or picked by machine from the coffee trees. But today a label of ten verifies that the vendor is Fair Trade Certified and that consumers would be contributing to sustainable development conservation and the support of coffee farmers if they purchase the blend These days some big names in reta Its Implications for Measuring Global Trade. Gary . Gereffi. Duke University. Durham, North Carolina (US). ggere@soc.duke.edu. Global Forum on Trade Statistics. Measuring global . t. rade - Do we have the right numbers?. www.waterfordoneworldcentre.com. jennifer@waterfordoneworldcentre.com. 051 873064. Aims. To explore the meaning behind the Fair Trade symbols. To use Fair Trade as a ‘foot hold’ issue from which to explore other development topics. Why is there such a difference in the world ?. Trade...The Facts. Unfair trade is one of the biggest factors behind poverty.. The United Nations estimated that poor countries are cheated out of . £500 billion . by Pablo Neruda. Shreenu, Alexa, Swapna, Miles, and Ashmi. Repaso/Recap . Time Period 1950’s-1960’s. Latin America was a major world export hub for food. Neruda believed the Latin American producers were not getting to experience the “fruits of their labors”. The Impact on Ugandan . Communities. Seonag Doherty, Mackenna Bowles, & Kelci Reyes-Brannon. Background. Uganda is a small African country (size of Oregon). Endowed with abundant natural resources, thought to have ability to feed all of Africa if not for political and economic challenges. Coffee. By CSPE.tv. The coffee trade . The coffee trade is worth tens of billion dollars every year . O. nly a tiny fraction of this money goes to coffee bean growing countries . 25 million small coffee farmers in these countries live on only a few dollars a day.. Fair Trade and the Environment: . Climate Change, Organic Farming and You. Our Mission. . Equal Exchange’s mission is to build long-term partnerships that are economically just and . environmentally sound. WFTO Conference – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – May 2013. 6 Countries – 23 Members. Canada. USA. New Zealand. Australia. Papua New Guinea. Japan. Australia – 4 members. Fair Trade Assoc. of Australia & New Zealand (FTAANZ). FACTS/TRENDS ABOUT COFFEE. Minority of Coffee Drinkers rate their morning cup as more important than sleep, food. 50% of the population of the United States 150M drink Espresso, cappuccino, latte or ice/cold coffee. Page 1 of 4 on List 2017 January 5, 2017 Decertification List 2017 Fair Trade USA Introduction: This document lists the organizations that have been decertified in the past 5 years. This document (OCFCU) is located within Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region of Southern Ethiopia ( part of the formerly named region of Sidamo/a) . The co - op union was founded after a crisis iii What is fair-trade What is co-operative trade What do both have in common 2Fair-trade definition and criteria 2Roots and related concepts 6Actual significance of fair-trade 8Fair-trade and co-ope & LIVING WAGES:. the most important conversation. in Fair Trade today…. Introduction. - DEFINITIONS. - Background : WHY this working group. - It. ’. s a scary journey with lots of ‘potholes’….