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« ... By breaking down the elements that come into play in the market, such as certifications, competition, falling prices, alternative buyers and day to day hardships , one can begin to understand the difficulties that Costa Rican coffee farmers have in today’s glob alized economy. The manager of Coopeldos said “if we can look one another in the eyes, we can understand each other’s needs” (Luetchford 2008:185). Hopefully unconventional markets, like the Fair Trade market can continue to create a livelihood for coffee farmers with fair trade certifications in the future. With the establishment of fair trade markets perhaps the world will begin to see that conventional practices and conventional markets are neither serving the environment nor the farmers. Improvements need to be made to fair trade markets to provide greater access to the markets and higher selling prices for the coffee. As the y stand today fair trade market alternatives, provide fairer selling prices and a social concern for the people growing the coffee . Fair trade organizations are working to mend injustices found within their organizations and to improve the lives of individual farmers. If these organizations can continue on the path that they are on, providing for small - scale farmers, then they are doing their jobs and making a difference... »
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CDTM de Paris
Centre de ressources sur le commerce équitable
