Fair Trade Landscape; Teacher S Notes

Fair Trade Landscape; Teacher’s Notes

(to accompany photo set)

Bolivia

Photo 1

A street near APROQUIGAN, one of the seven regional co-operatives that make up Anapqui.

Photo 2

Santiago Alanez Mayorga, an Anapqui farmer, collecting his quinoa. Quinoa is one of the few crops which will grow at such a high altitude in the Andes. The soil is ill-suited for most other crops although farmers also grow potatoes and beans to supplement their income.

Photo 3

This is Irpani Village, where COPROQUIRC co-operative, one of Anapqui’s member co-ops is based. It has 122 members and is close to an old volcano cone, Uturuncu, which, together with the nearby Salar de Uyuni (salt lake) influences the soil conditions.

Photo 4

The Salar de Uyuni or Salt Lake is the biggest salt lake in the world. The salt flats are an arid, windswept salt flat, lying on the Altiplano at 3, 656 metres above sea level and are together with Uturuncu provide the perfect soil conditions for quinoa. It’s also really important for tourism in the area.

India

Photo 1

A rice market in Kaithal. Before Agrocel provided another possibility for farmers to sell their produce they had to sell exclusively at markets in local towns in Haryana, or to middle men who would purchase the crop at very low prices, and often not pay farmers immediately.

Photo 2

Women have an important role to play in agriculture in most developing countries, here they are threshing the rice at harvest time. In the background you see a Hindu Temple. An estimated 90% of the population of Haryana province where Agrocel rice farmers are based are Hindus.

Photo 3

One of two hand pumps bought with the Fairtrade premium to provide fresh water for farm workers in Harinagar, where around 75 families live.

Photo 4

One of 3 rotovators bought with the fair trade premium.

Malawi

Photo 1

Youngsters at one of the water pumps installed by Kasinthula using the fair trade premium. Before, villagers had to fetch water from the treacherous, crocodile infested Shire River.

Photo 2

The view across Kasinthula’s sugar cane. Because of fair trade farmers have had the opportunity to plant a different crop which isn’t as susceptible to fungal infections.

Photo 3

Alfred and Rose Butao and their 6 children. Now, most of the houses in the village are built of brick with iron roofs because farmers now receive a fair price for their produce.

Photo 4

The fair trade premium has also provided electricity for Chinangwa village and another community in the district.