Fair Trade Around the World
A Human Journey
Original Title
Le tour du monde équitable
Rights Sold
The Netherlands, North American english rights, Germany
English language edition available
This book of photographs and texts is the most complete work yet produced on fair trade. In it are presented fourteen different fair trade products (coffee, tea, cacao, sugar, rice, cotton, shea butter, bananas, spices, quinoa, guarana, wine, soccer balls and handicrafts) from seventeen countries in the South (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Mexico, Tanzania, Costa Rica, Mali, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Burkina Faso, Chile, Argentina and Brazil). Its primary objective is to give greater credit to the role and work of grassroots producers in these markets; it also aims to raise awareness of fair trade issues in the South, as well as in the North. Each chapter includes a story from the field, a meeting with producers, a short text on the product in question and a thematic insert on a fair trade issue. You will also find information on:
› The lives and daily activities of families involved in fair trade.
› Each product's processing chain, from seed to consumption.
› The social benefits of fair trade: development projects, democracy, self-sufficiency, sustainable agriculture, etc.
› Fair trade issues in both the North and the South: certification, organic agriculture, the role of consumers, the certification of plantations, the role of women, child labour, the increasing variety of products, etc.
Maps, graphs, illustrations and other design elements make your reading more enjoyable and help you understand the various themes (processing cacao into chocolate, for example).
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- Price :
- 39.00 $ CAD
- ISBN :
- 9782761927499
- Publication date :
- November 2010
- Category :
- Coffee Table books
- Pages :
- 242 pages
- Words :
- 60000 words
- Dimension :
- 31.8 X 24.8 cm
Author
Éric St-Pierre
Éric St-Pierre, a Canadian photojournalist, has worked for large dailynewspapers (La Presse and Le Devoir) and magazines. He has specializedin fair trade since 1996. A world traveller, he has presented fourmajor photo exhibitions on fair trade and published two other books ofphotographs on the subject (Des peuples et du cafe´, Nazca e´ditions,2002 and Le Commerce e´quitable : Quand des hommes de´fient le marche´,Aubanel, 2008).
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