{"id":761089,"date":"2019-12-09T13:09:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/09\/champion-living-incomes-for-farmers-media-told\/"},"modified":"2019-12-09T13:09:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:09:17","slug":"champion-living-incomes-for-farmers-media-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/09\/champion-living-incomes-for-farmers-media-told\/","title":{"rendered":"Champion Living Incomes For Farmers \u2013 Media Told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Abubakar Afful addressing the media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fairtrade<br \/>\nAfrica, a global movement seeking to address injustices<br \/>\nof conventional trade, has urged media practitioners in the country to lead the<br \/>\ncampaign to make living incomes for farmers a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Programme<br \/>\nTeam Leader of Fairtrade, Abubakar Afful, who made the call, said \u201cthis is to<br \/>\nhelp ensure that farmers who are dedicated to producing valuable crops get<br \/>\ndecent standard of living from their earnings in order to guarantee sustainable<br \/>\nyields and improve farm efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing<br \/>\nthe media at a capacity building workshop for journalists in Kumasi, he stated<br \/>\nthat paying farmers a sustainable price for their crops would help smallholder<br \/>\nfarmers break the poverty circle and bring prosperity to rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\ndefined a living income as sufficient income to afford a decent standard of<br \/>\nliving for all household members, including a nutritious diet, clean water,<br \/>\ndecent housing, education, healthcare and other essential needs plus \u201ca little<br \/>\nextra for emergencies and savings\u201d once farm costs are covered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmallholder<br \/>\nfarmers have virtually no control over global market prices and weak to<br \/>\nnon-existent negotiating power, thereby being at the mercy of price volatility<br \/>\nand the goodwill of their market partners,\u201d the Fairtrade officer noted.<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto him, in times of oversupply and market speculation, commodity prices tend to<br \/>\nfall below the cost of production to the extent that farmers cannot break even,<br \/>\nintimating that such developments have disastrous consequences on livelihoods<br \/>\nof farmers and the long-term sustainability of supply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen<br \/>\nfarmers are trapped in poverty, they can\u2019t afford to invest in more efficient<br \/>\nor productive farming methods to improve their incomes. They can\u2019t pay their<br \/>\nworkers a decent wage, or worse, they may resort to using children for cheap<br \/>\nlabour,\u201d Mr. Afful pointed out. <\/p>\n<p> <strong>From Ernest Kofi Adu, Kumasi<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abubakar Afful addressing the media Fairtrade Africa, a global movement seeking to address injustices of conventional trade, has urged media practitioners in the country to lead the campaign to make living incomes for farmers a reality. 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