Code: 46476
Made In: United Kingdom
£12.00
Includes fairly traded apricots from Pakistan, sultanas and almonds..
Fair Trade Ingredients Our sultanas and raisins come from the Orange River region of South Africa. The area is isolated and dry, as it is near the Kalahari Desert. Many crops are unprofitable, but farmers can get a decent income from growing grapes and drying them. The problem for small farmers is that it takes three years before the first crop and they need training and financial help to get started.
SAD Vine Fruit (PTY) Ltd is helping these farmers to overcome their problems and market their products. Traidcraft's sales of raisins and sultanas mean one group of farmers has the chance of a better future.
Dried Fruit Project in the Karakorum Mountains of Pakistan supplies our dried apricots. Improved techniques mean that farmers now earn 50% more for their apricots.
"My message will be: the people in the northern hills of Pakistan, they produce a healthy fruit. Although we are not certified organically, I am sure nobody has ever used any chemical on the apricot trees. So I am sure this is a health fruit that has zero value in the local market, but it has a high nutritional value and people will understand the quality."
