19 miljoen foute chocoladeletters in de winkels

In het rapport “Eerlijk duurt het langst”, stelt Oxfam Novib vast dat er per jaar nog altijd 19 miljoen foute chocoladeletters worden verkocht. Dat is 85% van alle verkochte letters. Honderdduizenden kleine cacaoboeren zijn daar de dupe van. Zij ontvangen geen eerlijke prijs voor hun producten. Al 2 jaar voert Oxfam Novib hiertegen campagne met de Groene Sint. Oxfam Novib is dit jaar opnieuw een campagne gestart om alle foute letters uit de winkels te krijgen op www.groenesint.nl

This book argues that combining sustainable development and poverty reduction is feasible. But it requires efforts of such magnitude that all parties involved must have ample room to fully play and expand their role. Inclusive improvement can be achieved for small-scale producers, by reducing minimum requirements and by focusing on standardizing the process of improvement itself.

Daniele Giovannucci's presentation during the TCC 'Combining Efforts' conference, 1 October 2009, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

This research investigates the conditions under which (brands of) Transnational Companies from the
North and cocoa, coffee and tea (smallholder) farmers in the South can scale up responsible trading linkages through the supply chain. Through literature on Value Chain Analysis, agribusiness and responsible trade, the author arrives at a framework of relevant issues. Building upon this framework and the insights gained through 15 interviews, five case studies are presented and scrutinised.

This report contributes in various ways to the debate on a sustainable cocoa economy. A sustainable cocoa economy is where each person investing time or money into the supply chain would be able to earn a decent income for themselves and their family, work in good conditions, and in a manner which did not harm the environment. It provides an overview of the various stakeholders in the cocoa and the wider chocolate supply chain. It identifies the concentration and purchasing power of companies as well as the trends in the supply chain. Finally, it makes a series of recommendations to the various stakeholders in the supply chain.

The global crisis of plummeting price realizations below the average cost of production over the years has taken coffee growers to the brink of disaster. This being the scenario in most of the coffee-growing regions of India, Prakruthi teamed up with Tropical Commodity Coalition to conduct two one-day consultative processes in Wayanad and Coorg, the coffee-growing regions of Kerala and Karnataka respectively. The process aimed at learning from the growers/planters directly what can be done to ameliorate the worsening scenario. This booklet is a record of that process that took place in Wayanad and Coorg on October 21 and 22, 2008 respectively.

Een speciale, eenmalige uitgave van FNV Bondgenoten om vakbondsleden te informeren over de noodzakelijkheid van het verduurzamen van de cacao-keten.