The value of good coffee
In the small Peruvian villages of Tailin, Chonta and San Cristobal, you can meet small farmers who grow coffee, cocoa and sugar cane in the hills beyond the dry steppe. The products are later shipped to Germany via the Norandino cooperative and sold there by GEPA.
The professionalisation of small-scale farming creates work in the villages for which the people are paid fairly: the cooperative pays them 400 soles, around 100 euros, for a bag of coffee. On the world market, producers would only receive the equivalent of 80 euros for the same amount of coffee.
Wilfried Wunden
Fair Trade
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Study on the environmental and social externalities of coffee in Uganda and Honduras
The study highlights the hidden costs associated with coffee from Uganda and Honduras and suggests…
The study highlights the hidden costs associated with coffee from Uganda and Honduras and suggests how these should be taken into account in companies’ financial statements. In addition to environmental impacts, social costs are also presented in detail for the first time.
- Publisher: True Cost Alliance in collaboration with Misereor, Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences, TMG – Thinktank for Sustainability
- Year of publication: 2026
Number of pages: 24 pages
French and Spanish translations available at misereor.org
The study highlights the hidden costs associated with coffee from Uganda and Honduras and suggests how these should be taken into account in companies’ financial statements. In addition to environmental impacts, social costs are also presented in detail for the first time.
- Publisher: True Cost Alliance in collaboration with Misereor, Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences, TMG – Thinktank for Sustainability
- Year of publication: 2026
Number of pages: 24 pages
French and Spanish translations available at misereor.org
Into the future with agroecology
An appeal to the Federal Government! Political solutions for the crisis in agriculture and food
In…
An appeal to the Federal Government! Political solutions for the crisis in agriculture and food
In the position paper, more than 30 organisations call on the German government to use agroecology to provide answers to the multiple crises of our time. For resilient, democratic and climate-friendly food systems.
- Publisher: Misereor, Inkota, Fian [et al]
- Year of publication: 2026
- Pages: 16
An appeal to the Federal Government! Political solutions for the crisis in agriculture and food
In the position paper, more than 30 organisations call on the German government to use agroecology to provide answers to the multiple crises of our time. For resilient, democratic and climate-friendly food systems.
- Publisher: Misereor, Inkota, Fian [et al]
- Year of publication: 2026
- Pages: 16
EU-Mercosur agreement ante portas? Why ratification should be prevented
In December 2024, the European Commission announced that it had reached a political agreement on a…
In December 2024, the European Commission announced that it had reached a political agreement on a trade agreement with Mercosur. The South American association of states, with which the EU has been negotiating this treaty for 25 years, includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The Commission wants to initiate the political process to ratify the agreement in summer 2025. But what risks does this agreement harbour?
This study provides answers to this question.
- Publisher: Bread for the World, Misereor, PowerShift
- Year of publication: July 2025
- Pages: 38
In December 2024, the European Commission announced that it had reached a political agreement on a trade agreement with Mercosur. The South American association of states, with which the EU has been negotiating this treaty for 25 years, includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The Commission wants to initiate the political process to ratify the agreement in summer 2025. But what risks does this agreement harbour?
This study provides answers to this question.
- Publisher: Bread for the World, Misereor, PowerShift
- Year of publication: July 2025
- Pages: 38
