“There are 120 farmers who have lost their vocations, their very livelihoods. Our exports have been…”

“There are 120 farmers who have lost their vocations, their very livelihoods. Our exports have been cut in half.” - Pedro Quezada Valladolid, Managing Director of Fairtrade banana...

“There are 120 farmers who have lost their vocations, their very livelihoods. Our exports have been cut in half.” - Pedro Quezada Valladolid, Managing Director of Fairtrade banana organization  Asociación de Bananeros Orgánicos Solidarios (BOS) in Peru. The farmers have  experienced the heaviest rai

“There are 120 farmers who have lost their vocations, their very livelihoods. Our exports have been cut in half.”

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Pedro Quezada Valladolid, Managing Director of Fairtrade banana organization  Asociación de Bananeros Orgánicos Solidarios (BOS) in Peru. The farmers have  experienced the heaviest rainy season the region has seen in fourteen years.

Read about how they are slowly getting back on their feet on our website.

(via fairtrade)

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