Full Name
Marike De Pena
Title
Chair CLAC Banana Network and Director of a Banana Smallholder Cooperative
Which organization do you represent?
Latin American Fairtrade Network of Small Producers and Workers (CLAC)
Bio
Marike is a sociologist in Agricultural Development, working as the managing director of Fairtrade certified banana co-operative Banelino in the Dominican Republic.
Over the last 25 years, Marike has been active in different positions representing farmers and workers, as board and committee member of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fairtrade Farmers and Workers (CLAC); the Dominican Platform of Fairtrade Farmers and Workers (COORDOM); Fairtrade International; and the Fairtrade Foundation UK.
Marike currently coordinates the Alliance of the Fairtrade Producer Networks of Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, with the aim of sharing knowledge and influencing the future of sustainable agriculture and trade.
Over the last 25 years, Marike has been active in different positions representing farmers and workers, as board and committee member of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fairtrade Farmers and Workers (CLAC); the Dominican Platform of Fairtrade Farmers and Workers (COORDOM); Fairtrade International; and the Fairtrade Foundation UK.
Marike currently coordinates the Alliance of the Fairtrade Producer Networks of Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, with the aim of sharing knowledge and influencing the future of sustainable agriculture and trade.
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