Millions of landless labourers and small farmers

don’t have what is their right: enough to feed the whole

family send their children to school and that little extra to invest

in sustainable development. Clearly,

the advantages of international trade are not reaching all people

in the world. For small farmers, access to market or price

information is difficult and as a result, many small farmers

become more and more dependent on middlemen.
In bad times, many lose their only property:
their land, and thus, their livelihoods.

Similarly, many plantation workers do not see the

benefits of increasing world trade. They endure low pay,

an unsafe working environment and poor living conditions.

Too often they lack the freedom to join a union to defend their

rights and the opportunity to participate in decisions

that affect their lives on the plantation.

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