Social well-being and sustainability
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Social well-being and sustainability related papers
- Ecosystem Services in Fairtrade Value Chains, Twin report, Jeremy Haggar, 2013. This Twin report examines the impact of Fairtrade and farmer organisations on smallholder climate change adaptation.
- Ecosystem Services in Fairtrade Value Chains, Twin report, Jeremy Haggar, 2013. This Twin report examines the impact of Fairtrade and farmer organisations on smallholder climate change adaptation.
Banana value chains in Europe and the consequences of unfair trading practices.
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Retailer competition has led to the average consumer price of bananas being 25% lower than that of apples, despite the costs associated with being imported from Latin America. Moreover, the value breakdown of bananas reveals that between 36-43% currently goes to the retailer, whereas workers are becoming more vulnerable to price wars and receive only 5-9% of the value of the crop.
http://makefruitfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/banana_splits_media_briefing_FINAL_WEB.pdf