 | Certified Operator (Certification Applicant) | | | Gulu Agricultural Development Company / GADC | |  |
| Place, Country | | | Gulu, Uganda | |
| Contact | | | www.gadc.co.ug, info@gadc.co.ug | |
| Certified Products | | | cotton lint | |  |
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| Certification Programme | | | Fair for Life - Social & Fair Trade Certification | |
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| Chapter | | | Content of the Fair For Life - Social & Fair Trade Programme | | Maximum | | Rating |
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| 1 | Core Principles and Values | 8 | 8 | ||||
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| 2 | Commitment to and Management of Fair Trade Policy | 27 | 11 | ||||
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| 3 | Respect of Human Rights and Decent Working Conditions | 241 | 137 | ||||
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| 4 | Respect of the Environment | 185 | 141 | ||||
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| 5 | Local Development and Community Relations | 16 | 11 | ||||
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| 6 | Trading and Supply chain relations | 63 | 31 | ||||
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| 7 | Empowerment | 63 | 35 | ||||
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| 8 | Traceability, Transparency and Respect of the Consumer | 19 | 13 | ||||
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| 9 | Managing Certification and Performance | 46 | 34 | ||||
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| Total Score New modules | 421 | ||||||
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| Impact, special achievements & commitments | | | In a formerly war-ravaged region in Northern Uganda, Gulu Agricultural Development Company purchases, gins and sells fair trade cotton from smallholder farmers. Many of these farmers were recently Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are returning to their farms for the first time in many years. With the fair trade program, GADC can pay premium prices to local cotton farmers and sell the cotton lint to foreign buyers at a healthy profit. The lives of the farmers who work with GADC has improved since the coming of GADC to Northern Uganda. AJFA is an association of 12,533 farmers based in northern Uganda. The association’s mission is to harness and equip its member groups and their communities for social transformation, sustainable economic development and a just society. In forming an association, farmers are better able to access markets and improve their agronomic practices and productive capacity. The fair trade premium is used for community development projects. First of all, a clean cook stove program for farmers and their families and the purchase of ox ploughs to enhance farm productivity. AJFA has also bought text books for schools in Amuru and Nwoya. | ||||
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| Reached percentage of the applicable Total Norm Points for the overall performance |
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| Percentage | | | 70 % | ||||
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| Date of Certification |
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| First | | | 15.04.2013 | ||||
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| Last Update | | | 22.08.2019 | ||||
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