Small-scale farmers who export to the UK say they are relying on Fairtrade prices and premiums to give their children a better future.
Younger generations will leave banana farming without fairer prices, Colombian producers have warned.
As it marks World Fairtrade Day on Saturday, the organisation is warning retailers and consumers that millions of banana producers will not survive the coming decades without fairer prices and long-term trading relationships.Farmers near the town of Orihueca told the PA news agency their children do not want to work on the farms due to the difficult conditions, long hours, extreme heat and poor pay.
Banana farmer Maria Doris Calvo Ortiz said the industry is harder for women “In this area, men are used to having women in the house doing everything, so it’s also important to teach the new generations to change this mentality.” The Emprebancoop, Coobafrio and Coomulbanano co-operatives use the premium to improve housing and sanitation as well as university funding.One farmer, Richard Padilla, 53, said: “Thanks to the premium, I can send my son to university. Now he’s living in a proper house.”
The Coomulbanano Training Centre in Orihueca has now helped more than 2,200 students graduate from technical programmes and business courses.The co-operatives also run different activities like women’s groups as well as dance, sports and music clubs to improve young people’s lives and preserve the region’s identity, culture and heritage.
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