U-Alexandra Frantz
Kukhona ukukhulisa amalebula ekhwalithi kanye namalebula wokudla. Sekukonke, abathengi base-Austria babhekene namalebula wekhwalithi we-100. Kuphakanyisiwe imibono edidayo evame ukungahlangabezani okulindelwe.
Ilebuli yezenhlalo i-Fairtrade ithole ukwethenjwa kwabathengi e-Austria. I-Austria manje ingenye yezimakethi ezinamandla kakhulu enhlanganweni. EJalimane, "ukuhweba okuhle" kwaqopha ukuthengiswa kokuthengisa okungamaphesenti ayisikhombisa. Kulinganiselwe ukuthengiswa okuphelele kwemikhiqizo ye-Fairtrade kuma-2012 afinyelela ku-107 ama-euro ayizigidi. Ngokuqhathanisa, kwakuyi-2006 namanje eyi-42 ama-euro ayizigidi ngokuthengisa. Izinombolo ezinomsindo Fairtrade AustriaUkuphatha Umqondisi u-Austria Hartwig Kirner kufanele kubuye kudlule. "Ngonyaka we-2014, silindele ukuqhubeka kwendlela enhle yeminyaka yamuva."
Amaketanga wesuphamakethe sekuyisikhathi eside afinyelela kuzinzwa zabathengi futhi njalo andisa uhla lwemikhiqizo yabo. "Sibona ukuthi ukuqwashisa kwabantu ngobulungiswa kwezenhlalo kukhule ngokuqinile eminyakeni edlule. Amakhasimende athanda ukumba ngokujulile emaphaketheni abo ngemikhiqizo yokuhweba ngobulungiswa, "kusho isikhulu sakwaSpar uGerhard Drexel.
Abashayeli bokukhula emkhakheni wezitolo ngamaswidi (namaphesenti we-32 kumathani we-192), ikhofi nezithelo ezintsha (kanye namaphesenti ayisithupha ngakunye). Amanani amakhulu okukhula asesigabeni se-Convenience (ama-compotes, ukusabalala, ukulondolozwa). Ikakhulu, uphayinaphu obunjiwe ovela eThailand waba ngumkhiqizo wokuqala we-Fairtrade womkhiqizo ohwebeni lwase-Austrian ukukhulisa umthamo wamathani we-55 kuma-2011 ukuya kumathani we-192.
Amasheke ejwayelekile
Kodwa ingabe amakhasimende asenyakatho ye-hemisphere ayithola i-Fairtrade lapho i-Fairtrade ikuyo? Kunezilawuli zangaphandle zesikhungo sokuhlola, futhi izinto eziningi ezingavuthiwe emikhiqizweni ziyalandeleka. Ukuhlolwa njalo kwenhlangano ebambisene nabakwa-FLO-Cert kuqinisekisa ukuthi amazinga we-Fairtrade atholakala kakhulu, okuthi, ngaphezu kokuvinjelwa kwembewu eshintshwe izakhi zofuzo, kufaka phakathi nenkululeko yokuhlangana, imithetho yezempilo nokuphepha kanye nokwenqatshelwa kokuxhashazwa kwezingane.
Amalungu aphula le mithetho azomiswa futhi ekugcineni agunyazwe. Noma kunjalo, amacala okuhlukunyezwa awanakugwetshwa. "Vele, kunezimvu ezimnyama ezingavikeleka," kusho uKirner. Kodwa alukho uhlelo lwesitifiketi olungavimbela ukuhlukunyezwa kumaphesenti we-100.
Intengo ephansi kanye namazinga omphakathi
Kunoma ikuphi, i-Fairtrade Label iqinisekisa amazinga aphansi womphakathi wabakhiqizi emazweni akhiqiza. Emhlabeni jikelele, cishe amaphesenti ama-70 emikhiqizo ye-Fairtrade Seal avela kumasibambiswano amancane abalimi. Kungaleso sizathu iFairtrade igxila emindenini yokulima, esezihlelele ngokwayo ukuthi ibe yimifelandawonye yabalimi abancane, njengoba kwenzeka ekwenziweni kwekhofi, ngokwesibonelo. Inethiwekhi okwamanje ifaka phakathi i-1,3 izigidi zabalimi abancane nabasebenzi abavela emazweni we-70.
Imikhiqizo: okungenani i-20 iphesenti i-Fairtrade
Futhi i-Fairtrade inikeza okuthile abakhiqizi bendawo. Kubalimi abaningi abancane, uphawu yilona kuphela ithuba lokufinyelela emakethe yomhlaba. Lapho nje umenzi ethenga zonke izithako ezitholakala emithonjeni eqinisekisiwe ye-Fairtrade futhi umkhiqizo ofanele uqukethe okungenani amaphesenti we-20 wezingxenye ezinjalo, umkhiqizi angasebenzisa i-Fairtrade kumafulegi.
Futhi yilapho i-Fairtrade iza khona ngentengo yayo ephansi: uma intengo yemakethe yomhlaba inyuka ngaphezu kwaleli nani eliphansi, ababambisene nabo bathola inani lentengo eliphakeme lemakethe. Uma intengo yemakethe yomhlaba ingaphansi kwenani eliphansi leFairtrade, kusadingeka ikhokhwe ngumthengisi eqenjini labakhiqizi. Kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi amathani ambalwa wemikhiqizo eqinisekisiwe awathengiswa ngamatemu afanele. "Okungaba khona okuhle lapho bekuzoba khona," kusho uKirner. Ngokwesilinganiso, amalayisense e-Fairtrade kufanele athengise amaphesenti we-60 angaphezulu kwezilimo zawo ngamanani emakethe.
Ukuhweba okulungile vs. Trade fair
I-Fairtrade wuphawu lwentengiso abakhiqizi okumele baqinisekiswe ukulisebenzisa. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akunqumi ukuthi imikhiqizo engenalo logo ye-Fairtrade nayo ayizange ithengiswe. Ezimweni eziningi, ukungakhethi kudlula ngisho nokwaseFairtrade. Kwabathengisi nabakhiqizi abathile, kubalulekile ukwazi imithombo yabo uqobo. Eminye imikhiqizo idlula amaphesenti we-20 we-Fairtrade brand yezithako. Ngokuphikisana nalokho, kunjalo, kukhona okubizwa ngokuthi "ukugeza okuluhlaza" lapha.
Khuthaza ukuhweba ngobulungiswa
Isici esibalulekile i-gastronomy. Kungaba ngcono ukucela ikofi lapho uvakashelwa endlini yekhofi kaninginingi. Ngoba uma isicelo sekhasimende sikhona, khona-ke into izohamba. Kepha ngisho nakwezentengiselwano ungacela abathengisi abanobulungiswa!
Photo / Video: Helmut Melzer, I-Fairtrade Austria.
