How Fair Trade can make people first policies competitive
How Fair Trade can make people first policies competitive How Fair Trade can make people first policies competitive (In the image:Some FTAK farmers that I met in Waynaud enjoying life) Kerala is a unique state in India. It has lots of things to boast about including a minimum wage, politically active and trade unionized citizens, […]
Trade not aid or aid through trade?
Trade not aid or aid through trade? This was the challenge from Tomy Matthew, the promoter of Fair Trade Alliance Kerala (FTAK), to a group of visiting Traidcraft campaigners. He put forward that the narrative around Fair Trade, despite an initial acceptance that aid is disempowering, has crept back into the charity ‘help the poor […]
