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HOW FAIR TRADE HELPED INDIAN COTTON FARMERS WHEN GOVERNMENT FAILED

Date : 2013-05-02
Composantes : Analyse et mesure
Enjeux : Enjeux par industrie/textile

AMRAVATI, India — Leela Pandu (inset) and her husband, Ram Kumar Pandu, are typical Indian cotton farmers from the green belt state of Maharashtra. Ram Kumar’s ancestors left him massive cotton fields that sustained his family for decades. However, between 1996 and 2010, cotton (known as “white gold”) production declined, leaving Ram Kumar and his family in a massive debt cycle and defaulted loans.

Article en ligne : www.triplepundit.com/2013/05/hult-1-white-gold-policies-enough-sustain-industry/