cafebabel.com

Sale via internet: end of middle man for agricultural products

('rhiannon_nicolson',) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:54:07 -0000

The new ‘liberating’ direction of European agriculture is looking more closely at the consumer market when it comes to establishing prices and demand for agricultural products on the continent. The internet is taking over from Marx in the agricultural revolution

Fair trade with Germany's 'Sukuma initiative'

('Aatish Pattni',) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -0000

What do mobile phones have to do with the war in Congo? Why do we, when thinking about coffee, think Starbucks before Colombia? The Germany-based Sukuma initiative is campaigning at an EU level to enforce targets for developing countries, as set out by theUN

Richard Adams, Britain's father of fair trade

('Anna Patton',) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:26:34 -0000

The Fairtrade movement has come a long way since its humble beginnings, when two students began importing fruit and vegetables from India. As Fairtrade Fortnight sees over 10, 000 events held across the UK, we speak to one of its founding fathers

'Fair trade? It's not charity – it’s an alternative’

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:00:00 -0000

The economic movement has really taken off in the European Union. Gaga Pignatelli, representative for International Association of Alternative Trade Italy, explains why

ASEAN and the EU: singing from different hymnals

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:00:00 -0000

As regional integration accelerates in Asia, ASEAN might one day resemble the former EEC. I talked to Ludo Cuyvers, professor of economics at the University of Antwerp, who says such comparisons are premature.