| TERMINOLOGY AND GLOSSARY, WITH LINKS |
| ANAP |
Asociacion Nacional de Productores
in Cuba. Helping RECOCARNO organisations with sustainability
programmes.
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| APECA |
Appui à l’Ecosystème
Caféier. 1997 Programme in the Northern and North-eastern
regions to support small-scale coffee producers in 7 cooperatives.
Financial support through Oxfam GB and technical assistance
from SEFADES. |
| ASDEC |
The Association des Exportateurs
de Café is the export arm of the traditional marketing structure
(voltigeur, speculateur, and exporter) -compared with the activities
of co-operatives and networks such as RECOCARNO that export
directly to the Fairtrade market. |
| ATJ |
Alter
Trade Japan - one of RECOCARNO's principal international
Fairtrade buyers. |
| Bag |
Jute or sisal bag weighing 60 Kilos
when filled with selected green coffee for export. |
| Cafédirect |
Cafédirect works with growers
to ensure quality required for the UK fairtrade market, guaranteeing
a fair price for growers crops and also returning a percentage
of profits (8% in 2003) to support producers partner organisations'
activities.
Cafédirect took delivery of RECOCARNO'S first container
of coffee in 1998 and has quadrupled the volumes ordered since
then. RECOCARNO'S exported coffee is used in Cafédirect
5065 Medium Roast, Fresh ground, Rich Roast, Fresh Ground
and Cafédirect Medium Roast, Freeze Dried Instant.
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| Carreau |
Plural Carreaux. 1.29 hectares. |
| CBB or Broca |
The Coffee Berry Borer |
| Community Fund |
UK National Lottery Community Fund
provided funding for a three-year project to enhance the effectiveness
of 2 co-operative networks: RECOCARNO in Haïti and MACEFCOOP
in Cameroun, West Africa, under the REMA project
administered by Twin (see below).
The Community Fund is the operating name of the National Lottery Charities Board, the independent organisation set up by the UK Parliament in 1994 to distribute money raised by the National Lottery to support charities and voluntary and community groups throughout the UK and to UK agencies working abroad. Its main aim is to help meet the needs of those at greatest disadvantage in society and to improve the quality of life in the community.
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| Ecocert |
An inspection and certification
body accredited to verify the conformity of organic products
against the organic regulations of Europe, Japan and the United
States.
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| FACN |
Fédération des
Associations des Caféières Natives (Federation of Indigenous
Coffee-Growing Associations): a federation of 32 coffee grower
associations mainly in the southern part of Haïti. Between
them RECOCARNO and FACN account for more than 90% of washed
coffee exported from Haïti.
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| Fairtrade |
Fairtrade is a trading partnership,
based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater
equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable
development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing
the rights of, marginalized producers and workers - especially
in the South. Fairtrade organisations (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. The Fairtrade
Labeling Organization International is an umbrella organisation
responsible for compliance with Fairtrade terms and standards. |
| FEDECARES |
Federation of Coffee Co-operatives
in the Dominican Republic. RECOCARNO are involved in an exchange
programme with FEDECARES to share information and skills on
coffee regeneration and crop diversification.
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| Gourde |
Haïtian unit of currency. The exchange
rate is around $1= 40Gdes. |
| HAP |
USAID-funded
Haïti Hillside Agricultural Program. HAP has helped to
negotiate grants for RECOCARNO to finance the proposed central
processing facility. |
| IFOAM |
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements. |
| Intermón Oxfam |
A member of OXFAM International.
Since 1956 Intermón Oxfam has been working with the
people of poor countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia
to help them exercise their right to a decent life and lift
themselves out of poverty. |
| JOA |
Jersey Overseas
Aid. |
| KOPKAB |
Konbit Ti Plante Kafe Belans
(Belans District Coffee Planters’ Association), Thiotte
region. Like RECOCARNO, an umbrella organisation for a network
of cooperatives. |
| Marmite |
Commonly used volume measurement
for fresh coffee cherries. A marmite is about 5½ lbs
but is not a precise measurement. Cherries are increasingly
being measured by weight. The marmite was often the denominator
for repayment of loans to spéculateurs. |
| Oxfam-GB |
A member of OXFAM
International. Oxfam's Coffee Ecosystem Programme in Haïti,
a priority programme for its strategic objective on Sustainable
Livelihoods, has goals of:
Increased income of small-scale
producers
Increased gender equity
Increased autonomy and self-reliance of small-scale producers'
organisations
Decreased vulnerability of their livelihoods
These objectives have been the foundation of the practical and advisory support provided by agencies
such as Twin. Oxfam has provided technical and financial assistance to RECOCARNO since 1997. |
| RECOCARNO |
Réseau des Coopératives
Caféières de la Région Nord (Network of
Northern Coffee-Growing Cooperatives) |
| SEFADES |
Service de Formation-Action pour
le Développement Economique et Social. A Haïtian NGO
that provided vital technical assistance to RECOCARNO during
its start-up period. |
| SERVICOOP |
A marketing cooperative underwritten
by United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
which was involved in exporting coffee through Europe’s Fairtrade network and has been involved in negotiating organic certification.
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| STABEX |
Stabilization d’Exploitations
(European Union funded Export Stabilization Fund, under the
Lomé
Convention), offering ACP
States funds to finance agriculture when falls in export earnings
occur as a result of fluctuations in the prices or supply of
commodities. |
| Twin |
 Twin
(UK) works to build better livelihoods for small producers.
It does this by promoting sustainable growth through fairer
terms and conditions of trade and providing managerial, organisational,
technical and marketing assistance. Twin developed a national
brand of Fairtrade coffee in the UK – Cafédirect –
to market producers’ coffee |
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