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Twin report analyses smallholder empowerment in fair trade supply chains

Commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation with funding from The Co-operative, A new report from Twin provides an analysis and evaluation of how specific business practices facilitate smallholder producer development and empowerment in fair trade supply chains.

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Twin films: Malawian visitors discuss improvements in groundnut quality and Fairtrade

Twin has commissioned two new short films, featuring interviews with visitors from Malawi during Fairtrade Fortnight 2012. In the first Kingsley from NASFAM and groundnut farmer Rosemary talk about protecting against aflatoxin and the importance of Twin’s new Afri-Nut facility in Malawi.

 

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New funding for Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa

The Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) of which Twin is a member has just announced that it will receive $19.8 million in new funding from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and $1.6 million from the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID) to support its work.

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Bukonzo Joint’s coffee excellence recognised

Twin’s partner, the Bukonzo Joint coffee cooperative in Uganda, earned an impressive two places in the country’s Arabica Top 5 at the 2012 Taste of Harvest Coffee Competition in Kampala last week.

35 Uganda Arabica coffees were submitted from different regions of the country, and were roasted, cupped and scored using the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) internationally-recognised cupping protocol.

Two Bukonzo Joint coffees were rated in the Top 5, coming third and fifth with 84.21 and 83.89 respectively.

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Cooperatives in 2012: the successes and challenges

Ian Barney, Managing Director, Twin and Twin Trading

Today marks the launch of the International Year of Cooperatives and there is much to reflect on and celebrate.

For 26 years Twin has proudly worked with democratically organised smallholders to increase their power in value chains and to create and capture value for farmers in the global south. Most of these farmers are organised in formal cooperative structures. 

Successes

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Fair Trade USA to leave FLO system

Twin is concerned about Fair Trade USA’s recent announcement that they are to leave the FLO system. The USA is a significant Fairtrade market and accounts for over 40% of global Fairtrade coffee sales.  Many of the smallholder farmer groups, with whom we work, are dependent on exports to USA Fairtrade markets (up to 80%). The full implications, however, of Fair Trade USA’s decision are not immediately apparent. For many producer organisations these changes have created a significant level of uncertainty. 

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Twin report analyses smallholder empowerment in fair trade supply chains
14/05/2012
Twin films: Malawian visitors discuss improvements in groundnut quality and Fairtrade
25/04/2012
New Twin report on aflatoxin in the peanut value chain released
24/04/2012

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