Fair trade mineral programs in sub-saharan africa: Some critical reflections

Gavin Hilson; Roy Maconachie

doi:10.4324/9781315597546-17

Fair trade mineral programs in sub-saharan africa: Some critical reflections

Gavin Hilson, Roy Maconachie

University of Surrey

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This chapter questions how Fair Trade is being ‘operationalized’ in the mining context in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past two decades, a global Fair Trade movement has galvanized in response to the struggles endured by the developing world’s subsistence farmers. Organizations comprising the umbrella body, Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO),1 including Fair Trade Foundation UK, have worked to connect these producers to ‘socially and environmentally conscious consumers in the North’ (Murray et al., 2006: 180). In 2009 alone, sales of Fair Trade products, including various teas, coffees and fruit, exceeded US$4.2 billion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Natural Resource Extraction and Indigenous Livelihoods
Subtitle of host publication	Development Challenges in an Era of Globalization
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	261-272
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317089711
ISBN (Print)	9781409437772
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315597546-17
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016

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