Exclusive video: Fairtrade Foundation World Confectionery Conference preview
Smallholder farmers in West Africa should be part of the climate solutions, says Fairtrade (pic, Ben Rotthoff, Koa)
With our World Confectionery Conference just around the corner, we offer an exclusive sneak preview of Fairtrade Foundation’s plans for its keynote presentation at this year’s event in Harrogate Yorkshire, UK.
Editor Neill Barston speaks to Surmaya Talyarkhan (watch the video below) on the organisation’s ongoing work within West Africa and around the world within cocoa supply chains, which remain vitally important to the global confectionery market, and continue to face a raft of issues, from child labour and deforestation, through to the ongoing quest for the sector to deliver a living income to agricultural workers.
