Brent highlights plight of third world farmers

Dwindling markets for hard-pressed banana farmers in Ghana.  Tea prices falling away in India. Many third-world farmers are finding it much harder to make ends meet in the current global economic climate.
To highlight their plight, Brent Fairtrade Network hopes its screening of the film 'The Great African Scandal'  next week will underline how hard it is for indigenous farmers in third world countries to make a living, with current trading practices doing little to help them.

Despite the credit crunch, reports indicate more households are buying ethical products than before.  National sales now top £473 million, compared to £17 million a decade ago.

In spite of this, two billion people, a third of humanity, still struggle to make a living on less than £2 a day.

Along with stalls and posters, there will be a chance to sample typical Ghanaian cuisine. The session ends with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

The film will be shown at Harlesden Methodist Church, Harlesden High Street, on Tuesday 3 March.

Brent spokesperson Ines Carvalho insists that people can still make a difference, despite today's economic gloom and doom.

'Everybody wins with Fairtrade', she says. 'The more we use our choice as consumers to make a difference, the closer we get to a fairer economy, society and global environment.'

To see the film at Harlesden Methodist Church choose bus routes 18, 226. 260,206 and 187.