{"id":2922,"date":"2020-05-01T12:16:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T10:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairfood.org\/sector\/tomaat\/"},"modified":"2021-06-08T09:35:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T07:35:21","slug":"living-wage-and-income-for-tomato-pickers","status":"publish","type":"sector","link":"https:\/\/fairfood.wpdev.go2people.nl\/en\/commodities\/living-wage-and-income-for-tomato-pickers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n No escape from the poverty cycle<\/span>\n <\/h1>\n

There’s no escaping the poverty cycle in the Moroccan tomato sector. Pickers earn around 5,60 euro a day. In order to earn a living wage they would have to earn three times as much.<\/p>\n\n

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Morocco is the top non-European supplier of tomatoes to Europe. Around 90% of Moroccan tomatoes are sent to Europe and are mainly sold in European supermarkets, such as Tesco, Sainsbury\u2019s and Albert Heijn, from October to April. Most of these tomatoes are grown in the Souss-Massa-Dr\u00e2a region, one of the poorest regions in Morocco. The agricultural sector is one of the most important work providers in the region and employs 70,000 workers, who are mainly women. These workers \u2013 who pick and pack hundreds of thousands of tons of tomatoes every year \u2013 perform their jobs under very poor labour conditions, earning only poverty wages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The living wage and income for tomato pickers is far from enough to buy sufficient groceries, medication, or to provide education for their children. These working conditions condemn the Moroccan tomato workers to a life of poverty with no opportunities to escape the poverty cycle.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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