Fair planet. Episode 2, Grain of fair trade /
More than 20 million people in Latin America, Africa and Asia earn their living from the production and processing of coffee. However, price fluctuations and the eating-away of profit margins has a dramatic effect on small-scale producers. In Cauca, one of the poorest regions of Colombia, 70% of sma...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | In French with English subtitles. |
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Montreal, QC :
Ciné Fête,
2005.
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| Series: | VAST: academic video online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | More than 20 million people in Latin America, Africa and Asia earn their living from the production and processing of coffee. However, price fluctuations and the eating-away of profit margins has a dramatic effect on small-scale producers. In Cauca, one of the poorest regions of Colombia, 70% of small-scale farmers live below the poverty line. Michel Besson, a young Frenchman, created Andines, a fair-trade company. We go back up the coffee supply-chain with him to try and understand what is at stake in his struggle. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed May 13, 2014). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (64 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 01:04:19 |