Fairtrade Africa launches 600,000 Euro Producers Farmers Relief Fund скачать в хорошем качестве

Fairtrade Africa launches 600,000 Euro Producers Farmers Relief Fund

The COVID Fund has two funding streams the “Fairtrade Africa Producer Relief Fund” and the “Fairtrade Africa Producer Resilience Fund”. While the Relief Fund targets immediate needs, it is clear that the pandemic will also have an extreme effect on global supply chains and trade worldwide, often with the impact only to be felt in the next planting/harvest season. The Fairtrade Producer Relief Fund is intended for investment in safety and livelihoods. Relief initiatives could include the purchase of masks and basic protective and medical equipment, temporary payment of wages for suspended workers, setting up local food security initiatives, raising awareness of safety precautions, building emergency medical facilities, and business continuity costs, among others. The fund has been established through contributions by national Fairtrade organizations and commercial partners. The Resilience Fund is established to meet the longer-term needs of producers as they begin to look at life post-COVID-19 such as business restoration, technology-based capacity building, addressing human rights risks in value chains through programmatic interventions, support for strengthening finances to tackle future risks, and advocacy.