Rebellion or necessary evolution?

Malongo therefore organised its first conference in Marseilles in November 2001 with the aim of “opening up a debate”

This conference was entitled «Fair Trade and Coffee; rebellion or necessary evolution?» and it enabled members of humanitarian associations, economic journalists, representatives from the retail world and corporate leaders from Northern countries and Southern countries to compare their views and to suggest solutions for faire trade to become a viable alternative to globalisation.

Programme and proceedings

The proceedings from the conference were published by L’Harmattan publications and are on sale in our online shop :

Actes du Colloque Marseille 2001

Towards responsible liberalisation?

The second conference, «Different viewpoints on fair trade” took place in Paris in May 2005 under the patronage of the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises.

Carrying on from the previous conference, this edition developed discussions on the functioning of fair trade as well as its implications in the fields of world economy, the environment and human philosophy. Thinkers, writers, biology researchers, economists and political leaders worked towards establishing an in-depth debate.

Programme and proceedings

The proceedings from the conference were published by L’Harmattan publications and are on sale in our online shop :

Actes du Colloque Paris 2005

When an ethical project meets up with technological progress…

Fair trade cannot escape what is a major preoccupation for consumers: the traceability of products as a guarantee of quality and transparency.

On May 12th 2006, Malongo presented the wide-scale technological project that it is developing with Nice Sophia-Antipolis University and  Haiti State University.

Thanks to “RFID” technology :

• Consumers will soon be able to obtain key information about their coffee, from the bush to the cup, if they have a mobile telephone fitted with an RFID “tag reader” (a sort of mini bar-code) (NFC standard – Near Field Communication).
• Haitian small growers will receive – via distance learning – up-to-the-minute training on the cultivation of coffee and its techniques, in the Creole language and actually on the plantations, thanks to satellite installations and shortly via high speed networks (WIMAX, CDMA EVDO or DVB-H).

Programme and proceedings