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]]> http://fifthestate.co.uk/2006/11/beyond-fair-trade/#comment-6695 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:02:22 +0000 http://fifthestate.co.uk/2006/11/beyond-fair-trade/#comment-6695 Most interesting account of Ruwenzori coffe growing. I am one of the organisers of a tribal cooperative in New Zealand which set out to develop a nut growing industry. It didnt really get commercial as we had intended but we have several orchards established and just coming into commercial harvest. Central Govt politics were a major problem, along with the usual local community hassles. There is a tribal renaissance underway in NZ, utilising the small amount of land left to us after colonisation and also using compensation monies from the NZ Govt to set up commercial enterprises. Ocean fishing is my tribes major development area, and we do well at it, but we have several commercial forests and dabble in horticulture. Land tenure is also difficult, since successive NZ Govts broke up the very efficient tribal structures, then divided the lands into family blocks, most of which are no longer economic. Undoing the resulting damage is a major headache. Most interesting account of Ruwenzori coffe growing. I am one of the organisers of a tribal cooperative in New Zealand which set out to develop a nut growing industry. It didnt really get commercial as we had intended but we have several orchards established and just coming into commercial harvest.
Central Govt politics were a major problem, along with the usual local community hassles. There is a tribal renaissance underway in NZ, utilising the small amount of land left to us after colonisation and also using compensation monies from the NZ Govt to set up commercial enterprises. Ocean fishing is my tribes major development area, and we do well at it, but we have several commercial forests and dabble in horticulture. Land tenure is also difficult, since successive NZ Govts broke up the very efficient tribal structures, then divided the lands into family blocks, most of which are no longer economic. Undoing the resulting damage is a major headache.

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