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Common terms used throughout this site


add-value: generate a return above and beyond raw product market price
cooperative: a managed organisation of any number of individual smallholders
dependency: people kept in the dark and so remain dependent on middlemen and multinationals
developing countries: countries that have been exploited for their raw products
donation: money you don’t expect to see again (except in better products and successful people)
entrepreneurial: take advantage of an opportunity no matter how small it may appear to be
fair trade: pay a fairer price for a product
grower: man or woman who grows produce as a means to making a living
grower group: a community of growers
local: operating in the local region or grower community
LYFE: Lorna Young Foundation Entrepreneurs
MDGs: Millennium Development Goals
poverty: a hand to mouth existence with no opportunity for planning a way out of it
premiums: the additional payments made by companies that trade fairly
self-determination: using your own skills and resources to create your own future
smallholder: someone with a hut and a parcel of land
smallholder organisation: a democratically organised group of smallholder farmers (producers) working collectively to grow and market a crop
sustainable: has a future
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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