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It' s harvest time and Esther' s hacking the pods from the trees, reaping the rewards of her labours on her farm in the shade of the southern rainforest canopy. She' s part of a cooperative called Kuapa Kokoo. It gives them more power. No more dealing with unscrupulous middlemen. They get a fair price for their beans plus a bonus to invest in their community. Since we, the farmers, have sacrificed our lives to stay in the forest to produce the cocoa beans, support us by providing us with our basic needs, like water supply, clinics, good schools and roads. Which is why, as the beans are spread out to dry, it' s vital they have a bumper harvest. It' ll mean being able to afford to build toilets or a health centre. The village does have one pump for running water at least, and that' s paid for from the cash bonus from people in Europe who buy Fairtrade chocolate. Well, this is the main harvest here, and currently just two per cent to the cocoa from here goes into Fairtrade, but with the new deal that' s being signed, that' s going to be doubled. Cocoa industry is strictly controlled by the government. From Manchester in the North of England, representatives of a British High Street supermarket chain are here to break some news to expectant leaders of the Kuapa Kokoo Cooperative. I' m here today to announce a momentous move, a move that' ll see us moving all our block chocolate into Fairtrade. He' s from the Coop in Britain and is the first retailer in the world to take this step. But what they really want is the rest of the chocolate industry to follow the Coop' s lead. So why aren' t the big producers selling Fairtrade chocolate? Nestle, Cadbury' s, Masterfoods and Kraft Suchard refused to give an interview, referring us to their trade association. We recognise that in order to make cocoa a sustainable crop, a crop that people want to grow in the long term, they have to be given a level of encouragement that hasn' t been there perhaps in the past but will now be there in the future. That' s the final product. The irony is that farmers like Esther, who' ve spent their lives producing cocoa, have never even tasted chocolate. What do you think? As you say, it' s very sweet. Her children, unsure at first, then couldn' t get enough. Their message to prosperous consumers of chocolate in Europe is to demand it' s Fairtrade. Nicola Carslaw, BBC News, Ghana. |
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xiàn zài shì shōu huò shí jié. Esther zhèng cóng shù shàng kǎn xià dòu jiá, máng zhe shōu huò láo dòng guǒ shí. tā de nóng chǎng zài nán bù rè dài yǔ lín de bì yìn zhī chù. tā jiā rù le Kuapa Kokoo de hé zuò zǔ zhī, zhè shǐ de tā men gèng jù yǒu shí lì, bù yòng zài hé jiān zhà quē dé de zhōng jiān shāng jiāo yì. tā men de dòu zi mài chū le gōng dào de jià gé, duō mài chū yī bǐ tóu zī shè qū de é wài zī jīn. zì cóng wǒ men zhèi xiē nóng mín xī shēng zì jǐ de shēng huó liú zài sēn lín lǐ zhòng zhí kě kě dòu zhī hòu tā men jiù zhī chí wǒ men, yǐ gōng yìng wǒ men jī běn wù zī, bǐ rú tí gōng shuǐ hé zhěn suǒ, hào xué xiào hé dào lù. zhè jiù shì wèi shí me dòu zi quán dōu yào tān kāi lái liàng shài, nà duì huò dé gèng dà fēng shōu zhì guān zhòng yào. zhè jiāng yì wèi zhe néng jiàn dé qǐ cè suǒ huò jiàn kāng zhōng xīn. cūn zi dí què zhì shǎo yǒu yī tái zì lái shuǐ shuǐ bèng. tā shì yòng tōng guò píng děng mào yì mài gěi ōu zhōu rén qiǎo kè lì suǒ zhuàn de xiàn jīn hóng lì lái mǎi de. , zhè ér yī pài dà fēng shōu de jǐng xiàng, zuì jìn zhè ér chǎn de kě kě jǐn yǒu 2 jìn rù píng děng mào yì, dàn suí zhe xīn jiāo yì xié yì de qiān dìng, jiāng huì fān yī bèi. kě kě yè zài zhèng fǔ yán gé kòng zhì zhī xià. yī pī lái zì yīng gé lán běi bù de màn qiē sī tè de yīng guó gāo jiē chāo shì lián suǒ dài biǎo, yún jí cǐ dì, xiàng Kuapa Kokoo hé zuò zǔ zhī de hòu bǔ lǐng dǎo rén tòu lù le yī xiē xiāo xī. , jīn tiān lái dào zhè lǐ, wǒ jiāng xuān bù yí gè zhòng yào jué yì, cǐ jué yì jiāng jiàn zhèng wǒ men bǎ quán bù de qiǎo kè lì liè rù píng děng mào yì. tā lái zì yīng guó hé zuò shè jí tuán, shì quán qiú dì yī wèi cǎi qǔ xíng dòng de líng shòu shāng. dàn tā men zhēn zhèng xiǎng yào de shì qiǎo kè lì yè de qí tā shāng jiā zūn cóng hé zuò shè jí tuán zuò fǎ. nà me, wèi shí me nèi xiē dà shēng chǎn shāng bù chū shòu píng děng mào yì de qiǎo kè lì ne? què cháo jí bǎi lì měi guó mǎ shì shí pǐn hé kǎ fū ruì shā yī lǜ jù jué jiē shòu cǎi fǎng, ràng wǒ men qù zhǎo tā men de háng yè lián hé huì qù chǔ lǐ. wǒ men rèn shi dào, wèi le shǐ kě kě chéng wéi kě chí xù xìng zuò wù yǐ jí chéng wéi rén men cháng qī xiǎng zhòng zhí de zuò wù, tā men bù dé bù gěi chū yí dìng chéng dù de gǔ lì zhèng cè, zhèi xiē zhèng cè guò qù kě néng cóng wèi yǒu guò, dàn jiāng lái yí dìng yào yǒu. nà shi zuì hòu de chéng pǐn. fěng cì de shì, xiàng Esther zhè yàng de nóng mín, máng lù yī shēng shēng chǎn kě kě, què cóng wèi cháng guò qiǎo kè lì. nǐ jué de wèi dào rú hé? zhèng rú nǐ suǒ shuō de, fēi cháng tián. tā de hái zi men qǐ chū bù gǎn chī, hòu lái biàn de fēi cháng xǐ huān. tā men gěi ōu zhōu fù yù de qiǎo kè lì xiāo fèi zhě chuán dì yí gè xìn xī: yāo qiú zuò dào píng děng mào yì. yīng guó guǎng bō gōng sī Nicola Carslaw zài jiā nà de bào dào. |