 | Certified Operator (Certification Applicant) | | | Comunidad Aché Koe Tuvy | | |
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| Place, Country | | | Distrito de Villa Ygatimi, Dpto. de Canindeyu, Paraguay | ||
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| Contact | | | www.guayaki.com | ||
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| Type of Operation | | | Farmer Group | ||
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| Details on Operation | | | Indigenous Community of small farmers and collectors Guayaki | ||
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| Certified Products | | | Yerba Mate | |  |
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| Certification Programme | | | IMO Social & FairTrade Certification | ||
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| Social Issues (Smallholder Groups) |
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| Chapter | | | Content of the IMO Social & FairTrade Programme | | Rating | | Norm |
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| 3.1.1a | Transparent Administration and Relation with Farmers FARMER GROUPS | 23 | 16 | ||||
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| 3.1.2 | Pricing and Producer Payments | 19 | 14 | ||||
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| 3.1.3 | Non-discrimination and Gender Aspects | 14 | 10 | ||||
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| 3.1.4 | Internal Control System | 27 | 24 | ||||
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| 3.2.1 | Child Labour and Young Workers | 18 | 16 | ||||
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| 3.2.2 | Working Conditions Producer Farms | 48 | 44 | ||||
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| 3.3.1 | Basic Labour Rights Group Staff | 32 | 32 | ||||
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| 3.3.2 | Employment Conditions Group Staff | 32 | 32 | ||||
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| Total Score Social Issues (Smallholder Groups) | 213 | ||||||
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| Minimum Points for Certification Social Issues (Smallholder Groups) | 169 | ||||||
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| Points Reached Last Year (Social Issues, Smallholder Groups): - | |||||||
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| FairTrade Issues |
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| Chapter | | | Content of the IMO Social & FairTrade Programme | | Rating | | Norm |
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| 4.2.1 | Trade Relations | 25 | 20 | ||||
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| 4.2.2 | Additional FairTrade Obligations Producer Groups | 41 | 28 | ||||
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| Total Score FairTrade Issues | 66 | ||||||
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| Minimum Points for Certification FairTrade Issues | 43 | ||||||
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| Points Reached Last Year (FairTrade Issues): - | |||||||
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| Environmental Issues |
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| Chapter | | | Content of the IMO Environmental Programme | | Rating | | Norm |
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| 3.4.1 | Internal Monitoring Environmental Aspects | 6 | 4 | ||||
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| 3.4.2 | Environmental Performance Producers | 29 | 20 | ||||
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| 3.4.3 | Environmental Performance Processing | 39 | 22 | ||||
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| Total Score Environmental Issues | 74 | ||||||
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| Minimum Points for Certification Environmental Issues | 32 | ||||||
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| Points Reached Last Year (Environmental Issues): - | |||||||
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| Social Impact |
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| Social Impact & Special Achievements | | | The indigenous Aché community are traditional hunters and collectors in the forests. Closer contact with the outside world only started in the 70ies and 80ies of the last century. Due to the lower number of wild animals in the forest, one of the main food resources, they are actually learning to become farmers. Each family cultivates plants for their daily self consumption such as manioc, groundnuts, maize. The average area per family is between ¼ and ½ ha. Parts of their time is dedicated to the Yerba Mate production which is realized by the whole community. Generated income serves for small community projects. Since several years Guayaki company has started to support the community and their Yerba Mate production. Negotiations between the community and Guayaki company, which purchases the Yerba Mate, are collective and open meetings where the whole community and Guayaki representatives participate. Prices and premiums are decided and confirmed in a written contract which is valid for ten years. The company Guayaki contributes herewith effectively to enable the Aché community to sustain their culture through the income generation opportunity with Yerba Mate which enables them to afford costs for which they not had other income sources, and last but not least it contributes to the maintenance of one of the few left areas of primary atlantic forests in Paraguay. Guayaki assists and provides monthly capacity building to the community through one agricultural advisor, support of financing of the project, and support of the local school. | ||||
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| Use of FairTrade Premium | | | first payments are used according to the decisions from the community meeting to cover costs for energy use, medical health and to purchase additional food for the whole community. In future it is planned to improve housing and small infrastructure. | ||||
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| Date of Certification |
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| First | | | 03.08.2009 | ||||
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| Last Update | | | 03.08.2009 | ||||
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