Making meaningful differences in farmers' lives around the world
Core ethical goals
In the mission statement I proposed the desired outcomes of the system to be:
- Reduce the requirement for child labour
- Allow growers to pay more attention to quality
- Reduces pressure on the environment
How can this system deliver that?
Reduce the requirement for child labour
There is research showing that the requirement for child labour is directly related to poverty. The better off a family is, the less likely they will be to need their children to work. Therefore, returning money to the grower directly will have a direct impact on child labour.
Allow growers to pay more attention to quality
Growers who are not living hand to mouth will feel less pressure to process their cocoa as fast as possible to earn income. Therefore the core practice of giving growers more money will allow quality to improve. Clearly this must be combined with education.
Reduces pressure on the environment
Growers (of any crop) who can make a sustainable living from their land will have less incentive to expand their holding, or move to fresh soil. The core practice of giving growers more money will reduce pressure on the environment. Once again, education will be required to back this up and get best effect.
Langdon
- Reduce the requirement for child labour
- Allow growers to pay more attention to quality
- Reduces pressure on the environment
How can this system deliver that?
Reduce the requirement for child labour
There is research showing that the requirement for child labour is directly related to poverty. The better off a family is, the less likely they will be to need their children to work. Therefore, returning money to the grower directly will have a direct impact on child labour.
Allow growers to pay more attention to quality
Growers who are not living hand to mouth will feel less pressure to process their cocoa as fast as possible to earn income. Therefore the core practice of giving growers more money will allow quality to improve. Clearly this must be combined with education.
Reduces pressure on the environment
Growers (of any crop) who can make a sustainable living from their land will have less incentive to expand their holding, or move to fresh soil. The core practice of giving growers more money will reduce pressure on the environment. Once again, education will be required to back this up and get best effect.
Langdon
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