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Държава-членка на света за 2011 г. е на разположение сега! Кликнете тук Апр 19 Подхранващ опазване на планетата , околната среда , Етиопия , Кения Това е първият в поредица от блогове за 2012 г. Победителите Goldman околната среда награда. До Алисън Blackmore Goldman околната среда награда се връчва всяка година на шест екологични герои, чиито местни и базирана в общността на усилията за опазване на природните ресурси са създали значителни промени, често най-голям личен риск. Всеки получател получава награда на САЩ $ 150.000 до ... 06 юли Даниел Nierenberg Африка , селското стопанство , земеделските производители , сигурност на храните , доходите , иновации , иновации, които подхранват планетата , Кения , на труда , местни , подхранващ планетата , политика , бедността , членка на Световната за 2011 г. С Алекс Тунг В наскоро публикуван доклад на Организацията по прехрана и земеделие (FAO) на Обединените нации заяви, че чаят цените са достигнали "безпрецедентно висока." Традиционните пазари за вносни стоки в развитите страни са почти на пълен капацитет, но пазарите в чая, произвеждащи страни, включително Кения и Обединена република Танзания, са до голяма степен неизползван. Тези страни ...
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By Alex Tung In a recently published report, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations stated that tea prices have reached an “unprecedented high.” Traditional import markets in developed countries are almost at full capacity, but markets in tea producing countries, including Kenya and United Republic of Tanzania, are largely untapped. These countries consume just one-tenth of tea in places like the United Kingdom and Russia. Based on these findings, FAO concluded that pushing domestic consumption of the beverage in tea-producing countries could help improve food security. How does drinking tea improve food security, one might ask? Despite its much publicized health benefits, people cannot survive on tea alone. The reason is tea is a cash crop. In Kenya, the world’s largest tea producing country after China, tea accounts for 35 percent of the country’s export receipts and covers its entire food import bill. In other words, increasing income from cash crops such as tea can increase a country’s ability to buy food. In addition, growing tea also brings job opportunities and income for local populations. Unilever, owner of the brands Lipton and PG Tips, is the largest tea retailer in the world. Its global production totals over 3 million tons and it employs more than 2 million people. In Kenya alone, it employs 16,000 people and 40,000 people depend on the income of these workers for a living. It makes sense to encourage tea consumption in producing countries as tea sold domestically means money retained in the local economy. However, rising tea prices may pose a barrier for consumption in poor consumers of developing countries. It was indicated in the report that tea prices rose by 12 percent in producing countries in 2009. Also, rural populations who do not purchase food from supermarkets may find it difficult to increase consumption, as most tea is sold in these outlets. It turns out that the rise in tea price is not only worrisome for attracting potential consumers, but for retaining existing ones. In traditional markets, it has begun to affect consumer’s choice to keep consuming the beverage. With the sustainability of global tea economy at stake, those involved in tea production and trade agree that the first line of action is to advertise green tea’s health benefits heavily to boost its consumption, and increase the demand in producer countries. Doing so, prices abroad would remain at an acceptable level for consumers, retailers could satiate their appetite for more tea-drinkers and producers could continue to grow more tea. FAO warned against “increasing the size of tea plantations,” which could “damage prices in the long run.” The audience addressed here would be large corporations such as Unilever. Decisions these companies make, such as expanding production, could have a much bigger impact on market prices than any change in tea consumption in producing countries. In the face of over-supply and volatile tea prices, it may be worthwhile for tea producing countries to explore more direct ways to increase food security. In Tanzania, organizations such as the World Vegetable Center are already helping farmers grow indigenous food crops such as fruit and vegetables with high nutritive value. These crops could allow farmers to feed themselves and sell produce that fetch higher prices in domestic markets, thus increasing incomes and reducing dependency on imported foods. To learn more about increase food security through alternatives to growing cash crops, read Cultivating food security in Africa, Keeping Weeds for Nutrition and Taste, The Forest Gardens of Quintana Roo and Trees as Crops in Africa. Read Continuing to Grow: Tea Workers Come Together for a Better Workplace to learn more about tea growers in Kenya. Alex Tung is a research intern with the Nourishing the Planet project.