All Blog Posts Tagged 'Agriculture' (3)

Until recently, smallholders have been unable to take advantage of the world’s growing carbon market, which is based on organizations selling the carbon they capture – for example through tree-planting – to countries or companies which wish to offset their own emissions. The difficulty of producing the minimum volumes required by the trade, the cost of registering projects and measuring carbon stocks, a lack of business skills – these are among the factors which have prevented smallholders…

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Cape Town, 2 November 2011 – The countdown to Durban has begun as Fairtrade farmers prepare to participate at COP17! Despite the devastating impacts climate change is having on their farms, the voice of Fairtrade farmers has not been heard within the climate change negotiations. A continued failure to do so will have drastic ripple effects across the developing world. In response, Fairtrade Africa has taken the lead in engaging the Fair Trade movement in the…

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Farmers in Africa have been hard hit by the impacts of climate change. Over the years we have experienced erratic weather patterns that have dwindled our harvest. This is frightening because for us, farming is a source of livelihood that has been passed down from generations. My great grandfather ploughed this same piece of land and taught his son (my grandfather)  how plough. Farming for our community represents more than just a source of economic livelihood. It contributes towards the social… Continue