Friday, 20 January 2017

Blogging homework due Friday, 27th January

Blogging homework due Friday, 27th January

As part of our Geography unit, we are going to be finding out whereabouts in the world different products are grown and produced. When you eat a banana or a piece of chocolate, have you ever wondered where it was grown and what kind of journey it has been on in order to get to our homes?







Part One:


Your task is to find out in which countries (and their continent) could the following products have been grown:


-coffee
-tea
-bananas
-sugar
-cotton
-chocolate (cocoa beans)


Part Two:


What can you find out about fair trade? Use your research skills to find out about fair trade and write a paragraph about it. You may find this website helpful: http://www.funkidslive.com/learn/environment/f-is-for-fairtrade/ ALWAYS ASK A PARENT'S PERMISSION BEFORE USING THE INTERNET.

17 comments:

  1. Bananas can be found in trees . They can also be found in your garden if you have a bananaseeds. Banana come from hot countries like Costa Reca. Banana are yellow and green they also have a sticker.
    By Karina

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  2. Coffee comes from America, eastern Africa, Asia and Brazil in factories.Tea comes from Asia, Africa, South America and around the black caspain seas.Bananas come from Africa, Asia and Kenya.Sugar comes from Brazil, Mexico, China and Asia.Cotton comes from Australia.Chocolate comes from Ghana (West Africa,)Australia and South America.

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  3. -coffee - Tanzania(Africa), India(Asia), Uganda(Africa), Costa Rica (North America)
    -tea - Kenya(Africa), India(Asia), Malawi(Africa), Sri Lanka(Asia)
    -bananas - Colombia(South America), St Lucia(North America), Ghana(Africa)
    -sugar - Belize(North America), Malawi(Africa), Paraguay(South America)
    -cotton - India(Asia), Malawi(Africa)
    -chocolate (cocoa beans) – Dominican Republic(North America), Ghana(Africa), Mali(Africa)

    Fairtrade is about giving the fair price to the farmers or producers. Most farmers are living in poor condition like not enough water, electricity and so on. Fair prices will help them make their life better. Fair trade products might be little expensive to buy but at least we know the farmers will get enough money to make life better. So always look for fair trade mark when you go shopping.

    by Kashvi

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  4. part 1
    Coffee-brazil, guatemala, hondours, columbia(south America), veitnam, india, Indonesia(asia),mexico(north america), Uganda, Ethiopia(africa)
    Tea-china, India, srilanka, Indonesia, vietnam, japan, iran (asia), turkey(europe), Kenya (Africa), argentina( south america),
    Banana-Ecuador, Colombia,Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras (south america), uganda, congo, ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, tanzania (Africa), india, Australia, tiawan, bangladesh (asia).
    Sugar-USA,mexico(north America) brazil,guatemak(south America) Russia(Europe) India,china,Thailand,Pakistan,austrailia(Asia)
    Cotton-brazil(south America) china,India, Pakistan, turkmeinstan, Australia, Uzbekistan(asia), U.S.A. (North America), Europe- turkey, Greece.
    Chocolate (coco beans)- togo,camroon,Nigeria,Ghana (Africa), Indonasia (asia), Brasil, Bominican republic, Peru ( south Africa).

    part 2
    Fair trade is a simple concept which means paying people who makes things or grow things for us, a fair price. these people are very poor and find it hard to have even basic facilities of life. so fair trade helps the communities from there produce has come from and the extra money helps to provide clean water, electricity, sanitation and education for children some of the fair trade foods are chocolate, tea, coffee, banana, mango and sugar.

    By Armaan

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  5. Coffee is made by Brazil it is in South America.
    Tea is made in china, India, Kenya and Sri Lanka.
    China is in Asia, India is from Asia, Kenya is from Africa and Sri lanker is from Asia.
    Bananas are grown in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is in North America.
    Sugar is from Brazil it is from North America.
    Cotton is from India and from Asia.
    Chocolate is made in Switzerland within the continent of Europe.


























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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  6. Fairtrade

    Task 1

    1. coffee - United States, the Hawaiian islands, Kona, Hawaii, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil and Ethiopia.

    2. tea - Asia, Africa, South America, and around the Black and Caspian Seas, China, India, Sri Lanka and Kenya.

    3. bananas - Bananas are among the most widely consumed foods in the world. Chiquita, Del Monte, Dole, and Fyffes grow their own bananas in Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras. Banana plantations are capital intensive and demand significant expertise.

    4. sugar - Brazil, India, China, Mexico, Australia, Thailand, Pakistan and the United States. In the United States, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana and Texas.

    5. cotton - U.S., Uzbekistan, the People's Republic of China and India, Brazil, Pakistan and Turkey.

    6. chocolate (cocoa beans) - In Australia, from Ghana in West Africa and Asia, on either side of the Equator.

    Task 2

    How would you feel if you only received a tiny bit of the money you deserved for producing something you worked so hard on? This is where the Fairtrade Foundation comes in.

    The Fairtrade Foundation

    The Fairtrade Foundation was set up to help producers in poorer countries get a fair price for their work.

    So when you buy something with a Fairtrade logo on it, you know that a fair amount of the money is going towards helping the community where it came from.

    This extra money is usually put into things that can help the local community – like bicycles to help workers travel to work or new wells to provide water.

    Fairtrade Products
    There are many everyday foods and products that you can buy with Fairtrade. All are easily identifiable with a special Fairtrade sticker.

    Some Fairtrade foods you will easily spot see are:

    Fruits – bananas, mangos, pineapples and grapefruits are now often available as Fairtrade. So as well as getting one of your 5 a Day, you’ll be helping farmers across the world
    Chocolate – from chocolate bars to chocolate cakes, chocolate sauce to gift boxes
    Tea
    Coffee
    Sugar
    Bean Sprouts
    Honey
    Fruits
    Peanuts




























    Nithilan

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  7. coffee - Arabica coffee beans are growing mainly in Latin America, eastern Africa or Asia, while robusta beans are grown in central Africa, throughout southeast Asia, and Brazil.

    tea - our teabags do not come from India or China, but are bought from an auction in the coastal city of Mombasa in

    bananas grows in Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras.

    sugar - Brazil was the largest producer of sugar cane in the world. The next five major producers, in decreasing amounts of production, were India, China, Thailand, Pakistan, and Mexico.

    cotton-growing countries are Brazil, Pakistan and Turkey. In US this country, the major cotton-producing states are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, Florida, Kansas and Virginia.

    chocolate (cocoa beans) grow in Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic,Ecuador

    Fair trade
    With Fairtrade we have the power to change the world every day. With simple shopping choices we can get farmers a better deal. And that means they can make their own decisions, control their futures and lead the dignified life everyone deserves.

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  8. Coffee is grown in America , Brazil and Asia
    Tea is grown in America,China,India and Srilanka
    Bananas are grown in Costa Rica.
    Sugar is grown in Brazil,India and US

    Fair trade is a process where people have to always be fair to the farmers who has grown food for us,seeded the food for us and doing lots of hard work for us .Farmers don't get paid enough in normal trade.They are forced to live in poverty.Fair trade helps them to get fair price for their products.Farmers group together and work with co-operates which pay them fair price.That way farmers get enough money to live their lives comfortably.
    -cotton
    -chocolate (cocoa beans)

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  9. FAIR TRADE

    Part One:

    Coffee :-
    1)Brazil (Country) - South America (Continent)
    2)Vietnam(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    3)Colombia(Country) - South America (Continent)
    4)Indonesia(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    5) Ethiopia(Country) - Africa(Continent)

    Tea :-
    1) China(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    2)India(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    3)Kenya(Country) - Africa(Continent)
    4)Srilanka(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    5)Turkey(Country) - Asia(Continent)

    Bananas:--
    1)India (Country) - Asia(Continent)
    2)Uganda(Country) - Africa(Continent)
    3)China(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    4)Philippines(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    5)Ecuador(Country) - South America (Continent)

    Sugar:-
    1)Brazil(Country) - South America(Continent)
    2)India(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    3)China(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    4)Thailand(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    5)Pakistan(Country) - Asia(Continent)

    Cotton:-
    1)China(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    2)India(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    3)United States(Country) - North America (Continent)
    4)Pakistan(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    5)Brazil(Country) - South America (Continent)

    Cocoa Beans:-
    1)The Ivory Coast(Country) - Africa(Continent)
    2)Ghana(Country) - Africa(Continent)
    3)Indonesia(Country) - Asia(Continent)
    4)Nigeria(Country) - Africa(Continent)
    5)Cameroon(Country) - Africa(Continent)

    Part Two:

    A Fair Trade just needs to be fair like giving a fair price to the producers. A Fair Trade also means making sure that the people get the money they deserve for the work they do. The Fair Trade Foundation was established to help poor people who makes the product to get a fair price. So, if you see a product with Fair Trade Logo on it you can know that it is letting the poor people have fair amount of money. Fair Trade is about better prices, decent working conditions and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers.

    WITH FAIR TRADE YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD EVERY DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    By SHASHI

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  10. - bananas
    -apalls
    -coffe
    jam
    chocolate

    by julia


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  11. Fair trade products and the countries they are grown in:

    Coffee:
    South America – Brazil, Colombia
    Africa – Ethiopia
    Asia – Vietnam, Indonesia

    Tea:
    Asia – China, India and Sri Lanka
    Africa – Kenya

    Bananas:
    Asia – India, China, Philipines
    Africa – Uganda
    South America – Ecuador

    Sugar:
    South America – Brazil
    European Union
    Asia – China, India and Thailand

    Cotton:
    Asia – Pakistan, China, India
    North America
    South America - Brazil

    Cocoa Beans (Chocolate):
    Africa – Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon
    Asia - Indonesia


    What is Fair trade:

    Fair trade is a way of buying and selling products that is fair for workers and farmers. It is a way to get them more than just their simple needs like schools, glasses and better health. Fair trade means that big shops like supermarkets pay the people in developing countries fairly. A fair trade premium is when the buyer gives the sellers a bit more money to help build schools or new farms.



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  12. Sugar can come from Brazil and Colombia (South America) or India and Pakistan (Asia).
    Cotton can come from Mexico and Peru (South America) or China and India (Asia).
    Cocoa beans and chocolate can come from Ghana and Nigeria (Africa) or Brazil and Ecuador (South America).
    Coffee can come from Kenya and Indonesia (Africa) or Panama and Ethiopia (South America).
    Tea can come from Kenya and Malawi (Africa) or Sri Lanka and India (Asia).
    Bananas can come from Brazil and Colombia (South America) or Nigeria and Ghana (Africa).
    Keerthiga Downing Street

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  13. Bananas and pineapples are grown in countries of the tropics - Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Pacific etc.Tea is mainly grown in Asia, Africa, South America, and around the Black and Caspian Seas.All coffee is grown between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.Brazil is by far the largest supplier of coffee today. Columbia is second with about 2/3rds of Brazil's production. Cotton grows in warm climates and most of the world’s cotton is grown in the U.S., Uzbekistan, the People’s Republic of China and India. Other leading cotton-growing countries are Brazil, Pakistan and Turkey.The cocoa tree is a native of the Amazon basin and other tropical areas of South and Central America, where wild varieties still grow in the forests, but the cocoa growing area has extended to the Carribbean and beyond.

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  14. Gurjaipaul

    Cocoa beans are found in : Dominican Republic, Peru etc.
    Tea is grown in : India, SriLanka, Kenya,China, Malawi in Africa.
    Banana is grown in : Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, St Lucia, St Vincent, Dominica, Grenada, Ghana, CostaRica, Panama, Peru and Brazil..
    Sugar is made up from Sugarcane. Brazil was the largest producer of sugar cane in the world followed by : India, China, Thailand, Pakistan, and Mexico.
    Cotton is mainly grown in :China,India,United States,Pakistan.

    What I have learnt about Fair Trade is:
    Fair trade means to give money fairly for the work done. For Example, a banana worker in Africa does the peeling, but he gets only 1 Rand, the supermarkets and shops gets 13 Rands.
    So, fair trade means give money fairly to the workers in the developing countries.

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  15. We read through these in class and we used them to help us to start creating a Fair Trade presentation which we needed to collect information for in our computing session. Mr Goddard

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  16. fair trade helps make things fair.For example banana worker gets the least money even though they do the most work.Fair trade helps the money for them get more.the money that we give on stuff that is fair trade,fair trade helps spread the given money,out evenly.

    tea:India,China,Kenya,Sri lanka

    coffee:Brazil,Colombia,Indonesea,Vietnam
    sugar:India,China,Brazil,Pakistan

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  17. Fair trade is a social movement whose stated goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and to promote sustainable farming. Members of the movement advocate the payment of higher prices to exporters, as well as improved social and environmental standards. The movement focuses in particular on commodities, or products which are typically exported from developing countries to developed countries, but also consumed in domestic markets (e.g. Brazil, India and Bangladesh) most notably handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, wine, sugar, fresh fruit, chocolate, flowers and gold.[1][2] The movement seeks to promote greater equity in international trading partnerships through dialogue, transparency, and respect. It promotes sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers in developing countries.[3] Fair trade is grounded in three core beliefs; first, producers have the power to express unity with consumers. Secondly, the world trade practices that currently exist promote the unequal distribution of wealth between nations. Lastly, buying products from producers in developing countries at a fair price is a more efficient way of promoting sustainable development than traditional charity and aid.[4]
    Fair trade labeling organizations most commonly use a definition of fair trade developed by FINE, an informal association of four international fair trade networks: Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International, World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), Network of European Worldshops and European Fair Trade Association (EFTA). Specifically, fair trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency, and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. Fair trade organizations, backed by consumers, are engaged actively in supporting producers, awareness raising, and in campaigning for changes in the rules and practice of conventional international trade.[5]
    There are several recognized fair trade certifiers, including Fairtrade International (formerly called FLO, Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International), IMO, Make Trade Fair and Eco-Social. Additionally, Fair Trade USA, formerly a licensing agency for the Fairtrade International label, broke from the system and is implementing its own fair trade labelling scheme, which has resulted in controversy due to its inclusion of independent smallholders and estates for all crops. In 2008, Fairtrade International certified approximately (€3.4B) of products.[6][7] The World Trade Organization publishes annual figures on the world trade of goods and services.
    The fair trade movement is popular in the UK, where there are 500 Fairtrade towns, 118 universities, over 6,000 churches, and over 4,000 UK schools registered in the Fairtrade Schools Scheme. In 2011, over 1.2 million farmers and workers in more than 60 countries participated in Fairtrade International's fair trade system, which included €65 million in fairtrade premium paid to producers for use developing their communities.[9] According to Fairtrade International, nearly six out of ten consumers have seen the Fairtrade mark and almost nine in ten of them trust it.[
    Some criticisms have been raised about fair trade systems. One 2015 study in a journal published by the MIT Press concluded that producer benefits were close to zero because there was an oversupply of certification, and only a fraction of produce classified as fair trade was actually sold on fair trade markets, just enough to recoup the costs of certification. Some research indicates that the implementation of certain fair trade standards can cause greater inequalities in some markets where these rigid rules are inappropriate for the specific market.[12][13][14] In the Fair trade debate there are complaints of failure to enforce the fair trade standards, with producers, cooperatives, importers and packers profiting by evading them.



    By Adnan

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