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.

This report presents a detailed and comparative analysis on social, economic and ecological conditions in the tea sector in 6 of the most important tea-producing countries: India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia, Kenya and Malawi. The research is based on an extensive field study of civil society organisations in these countries, thus providing a unique perspective on this sector. The report also presents an overview of trade, production and stakeholders for improving conditions, particularly for plantation workers and tea smallholders - the most vulnerable in the tea industry.