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Fair Producer Prices (2019)
Paper to the 93rd Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society (AES), University of Warwick, April 2019
In order to ensure that peasants as well receive just remuneration for their work as described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a paradigm change in thinking about producer prices is needed: from market prices to ‘fair’ prices.
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Fair Prices to Achieve a Living Income for Small Farmers and Its Relation to Local Food Purchase Programs (2018)
Based on the Living Income concept, a methodology has been developed to calculate ‘fair’ prices for peasants for different crops. Application of this method can guide both policy makers and companies in their development of ‘ethical’ policies, based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Des prix équitables pour un revenu vital (2017)
Les conditions de vie des petits producteurs sont un aspect de la production alimentaire qui n’a pas, jusqu’à ce jour, reçu l’attention qu’elle mérite. Il y a un large consensus sur le fait que les petits agriculteurs produisent avec un rendement à l’hectare plus grand que celui obtenu par les grandes exploitations (IFPRI).
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Guide How to Calculate Fair Prices (2016)
InfoBridge published the 'Guide How to Calculate Fair Prices' (2016) by Ruud Bronkhorst. In the Guide a practical example is given how to calculate Fair Prices for agricultural products originating from small-holders.
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Fair Prices: Peasants and the possibilities of a Living Income (2013) by Ruud Bronkhorst
After a brief discussion of the main approaches to the concept of the ‘Living Wage’ (LW), a methodology is developed how to apply this concept to the case of peasants. Since peasants do not receive a wage, the Living Wage definition is adapted to that of a ‘Living Income’ (LI).
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