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Fair Planet, Episode 2, Grain of Fair Trade
directed by Noël Mamère, 1948- and Jean-Michel Vennemani; produced by France 5 and Compagnie des Phares et Balises, in Fair Planet, Episode 2 (Montréal, QC: CinéFête, 2005), 1 hour 4 mins
More than 20 million people in Latin America, Africa and Asia earn their living from the production and processing of coffee. However, price fluctuations and the eating-away of profit margins has a dramatic effect on small-scale producers. In Cauca, one of the poorest regions of Colombia, 70% of small-scale farmer...
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directed by Noël Mamère, 1948- and Jean-Michel Vennemani; produced by France 5 and Compagnie des Phares et Balises, in Fair Planet, Episode 2 (Montréal, QC: CinéFête, 2005), 1 hour 4 mins
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More than 20 million people in Latin America, Africa and Asia earn their living from the production and processing of coffee. However, price fluctuations and the eating-away of profit margins has a dramatic effect on small-scale producers. In Cauca, one of the poorest regions of Colombia, 70% of small-scale farmers live below the poverty line.
Michel Besson, a young Frenchman, created Andines, a fair-trade company. We go back up the coffee supp...
More than 20 million people in Latin America, Africa and Asia earn their living from the production and processing of coffee. However, price fluctuations and the eating-away of profit margins has a dramatic effect on small-scale producers. In Cauca, one of the poorest regions of Colombia, 70% of small-scale farmers live below the poverty line.
Michel Besson, a young Frenchman, created Andines, a fair-trade company. We go back up the coffee supply-chain with him to try and understand what is at stake in his struggle.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
France 5, Compagnie des Phares et Balises
Author / Creator
Noël Mamère, 1948-, Jean-Michel Vennemani
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
CinéFête
Series
Fair Planet
Topic / Theme
Coffee, Food industry, Farmers, Fair trade movement
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Copyright © 2005 by Ciné Fête
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Food War
directed by Mario Desmarais; produced by Mario Desmarais, Arts et Images Productions (Montréal, QC: CinéFête, 2008), 52 mins
Is there anything more fundamental to our survival than food? Even though world food production could easily provide food to all on earth, more than 30 million people die from starvation each year. In addition, within 25 years, factors such diminishing resources, pollution and overpopulation will increase the dema...
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directed by Mario Desmarais; produced by Mario Desmarais, Arts et Images Productions (Montréal, QC: CinéFête, 2008), 52 mins
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Is there anything more fundamental to our survival than food? Even though world food production could easily provide food to all on earth, more than 30 million people die from starvation each year. In addition, within 25 years, factors such diminishing resources, pollution and overpopulation will increase the demand for food.
FOOD WAR is an investigative documentary that provides an extensive coverage of two crucial issues: food production and f...
Is there anything more fundamental to our survival than food? Even though world food production could easily provide food to all on earth, more than 30 million people die from starvation each year. In addition, within 25 years, factors such diminishing resources, pollution and overpopulation will increase the demand for food.
FOOD WAR is an investigative documentary that provides an extensive coverage of two crucial issues: food production and food distribution around the world.
Shot in more than 15 countries such as India, Iraq, Great Britain, Brazil and USA, this insightful program presents an in-depth analysis of a war that touches the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Some players are already in place for a high-stakes food war. Who and where are they? How have they organized their battle to control the food supply? Find out how and why the food supply could become a powerful weapon.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mario Desmarais, Arts et Images Productions, Genevieve Bujold, 1942-
Author / Creator
Mario Desmarais
Date Published / Released
2005, 2008
Publisher
CinéFête
Speaker / Narrator
Genevieve Bujold, 1942-
Topic / Theme
Farmers, Starvation, Food crops, Food industry, Malnutrition, Rice, Agriculture, Fisheries, Agricultural policy, Food supply
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 by Ciné Fête
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