Report on the 8th International Fair Trade Towns Conference, Kumamoto, Japan - 29th /30th March 2014

Fair Trade Towns International, 2014, 3 p. - Site de fairtradetowns.org

Cette 8ème conférence internationale des Territoires équitables, qui a eu lieu au Japon en mars dernier, a fêté les 1 000 territoires équitables actuels. Cette conférence avait pour objectif d’élargir le réseau de Territoires équitables, en particulier en Asie, ainsi que d’étudier les rapprochements à effectuer avec WFTO (World Fair Trade Organization). Les participants ont considéré que cette conférence était une bonne étape pour conforter l’avenir.

Mots clés : JAPON, TERRITOIRE EQUITABLE, CONFERENCE DE KUMAMOTO, RAPPORT

Fairtrade, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia and Uganda

SOAS, University of London, 2014, 143 p. - Site de researchgate.net

« The Fair Trade, Employment and Poverty Reduction Project (FTEPRP) is a four-year research project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and implemented in Ethiopia and Uganda. The project aims to collect detailed micro-level evidence from areas producing agricultural exports on how rural labour markets affect poor people’s lives. Comparative evidence is collected to cover Fair Trade certified production and non-certified production. The objective is to make a detailed case for new, cost-effective interventions directly targeted to improve the standards of living of the poorest people involved in agricultural export commodity production. Hundreds of millions of women and men around the world are involved in producing agricultural commodities for export or working for such producers. To protect these producers, who face volatile global market prices, a range of new certification schemes and codes of practice has been devised, including Fair Trade. However, too little is known about the impact of these initiatives at the local level and on different types of rural people. This project investigates how effective these schemes are at reducing poverty among those dependent on access to wage employment. Rigorously designed and methodologically original fieldwork in Ethiopia and Uganda is generating evidence that has never been gathered in such detail before. Fieldwork also involves capacity building for researchers in Ethiopia and Uganda, as well as innovative use of GPS and hand-held computers in sampling, which will be of interest to all those committed to high quality evidence on rural development. The project will lead to the publication of policy briefs, working papers, a methodological guidebook, and articles in peer-reviewed journals. Workshops and conference presentations will be organised in the UK and in East Africa, together with our partners there. »

Mots clés : OUGANDA, ETHIOPIE, COMMERCE EQUITABLE, CAFE, THE, LUTTE CONTRE LA PAUVRETE, IMPACT

Baromètre de l’engagement des citoyens 2014 : zoom sur l’économie collaborative

Les Echos, 20/05/2014, 38 p. - Site de lesechos.fr

Cette étude publiée par Les Echos est le résultat d’une enquête annuelle de BVA sur le comportement des consommateurs face au développement durable. Cette année, l’enquête s’est focalisée sur l’économie collaborative.

Mots clés : FRANCE, ECONOMIE COLLABORATIVE, SONDAGE

Wild-collected botanicals and the EU market

TDC (Trade for Development Centre), 2014, 112 p. - Site de issuu.com

Le marché européen de plantes médicinales et aromatiques provenant de pays tropicaux pourrait s’accroître. Cette étude de marché est destinée à développer des opportunités pour les organisations de petits producteurs des pays du Sud.

Mots clés : BOLIVIE, EQUATEUR, MOZAMBIQUE, PEROU, VIETNAM, TANZANIE, UNION EUROPEENNE, PLANTES AROMATIQUES, PLANTES MEDICINALES, COMMERCE ETHIQUE