BRADFORD South MP Judith Cummins has met farmers from the Ivory Coast, Rwanda and the Dominican Republic in Parliament as part of Fairtrade Fortnight.
The Fairtrade Foundation’s campaign 'She Deserves a Living Income' is shining a light on the poverty facing cocoa farmers in West Africa, where 60 per cent of cocoa is grown, who earn as little as 74p per day and are unable to pay for essentials like food, send their children to school or buy medicine if they fall sick.
Mrs Cummins said: “I am delighted to support Fairtrade Fortnight and the She Deserves a Living Income campaign which celebrates the hard work of women cocoa farmers and calls on all of us to do more to increase their incomes. I know that there are many people in Bradford who support Fairtrade and will be out there buying and gifting Fairtrade chocolate and other goods to help farmers get a better deal.”
A new report from the Fairtrade Foundation calls on the government and businesses to ensure farmers earn living incomes by 2030 in line with the UN’s Global Goals to end poverty.
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