DOMESTIC FAIR TRADE AND DECENT WORK CONNECTING AGRICULTURAL FRAMEWORKS
DOMESTIC FAIR TRADE DECENT WORK
Domestic Fair Trade supports family-scale farming, reinforces farmer-led Decent Work is defined as opportunities for women and men to obtain initiatives, ensures just conditions for agricultural workers, and brings decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security, these groups together with mission-based traders, retailers, and and human dignity. This concept was created by the International Labor concerned consumers to contribute to the movement for sustainable Organization (ILO) and has been adapted by the Food and Agriculture agriculture in the United States and Canada. Organization (FAO) for the rural context.
DOMESTIC FAIR TRADE PRINCIPLES PILLARS OF DECENT WORK v Sustainable Agriculture v Shared Risk and Affordable Credit • Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining v Family-Scale Farming v Long-Term Trade Relationships • Elimination of all forms of forced labor • Abolition of child labor v Capacity Building for Producers v Appropriate Technology Labor Rights & Standards • Elimination of discrimination and Workers v Democratic and Participatory v Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Ownership and Control • Recognizing the importance of agriculture in national economies v Rights of Labor v Transparency and Accountability • Connecting agriculture, rural livelihoods, and poverty v Equality and Opportunity v Education and Advocacy Employment • Acknowledging migration for work in agriculture v Direct Trade v Responsible Certification v Fair and Stable Pricing v Animal Welfare THEORY OF CHANGE • Social security systems • Health protection in agriculture Social • Gender equality CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATION Protection
• National tripartite cooperation and enterprise level collective FARMWORKERS FARMERS PROCESSORS, MANUFACTURERS, bargaining DISTRIBUTORS RETAILERS ADVOCACY GROUPS Social • Creation and growth of partnerships between workers, Dialogue employers, and civil society groups Markets Policy and Change Supply and AGRICULTURE IN THE MIDDLE Chains Advocacy Agriculture in the Middle refers to a disappearing sector of mid-scale farms and related agrifood enterprises that are unable to successfully market bulk agricultural commodities or sell food directly to consumers. The Domestic Fair Trade Association and the University of Wisconsin Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems has partnered to explore how these two frameworks can help support agriculture in the middle.