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'''Fairtrade On Demand''' | '''Fairtrade On Demand''' could be doable by building a transaction system where the [[consumer]] can ''choose'' to pay a [[producer premium]] directly to the [[producer]] of the raw materials if the supply chain can be tracked with high enough resolution. | ||
With the advent of things like "Verified by Visa" and similar products coming from other companies, where at least to my understanding the fund transaction is conducted and verified by the company so that the receiver of the money does not need to know the payers identity this could be an interesting idea to develop. | With the advent of things like "Verified by Visa" and similar products coming from other companies, where at least to my understanding the fund transaction is conducted and verified by the company so that the receiver of the money does not need to know the payers identity this could be an interesting idea to develop. | ||
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Surely this kind of system would be very suspect to corruption in many ways and would require a skilled and well equipped audit organisation to keep it truthful and uncorrupt as possible. | Surely this kind of system would be very suspect to corruption in many ways and would require a skilled and well equipped audit organisation to keep it truthful and uncorrupt as possible. | ||
Some criticism of the on-demand concept can be found at [http://www.iki.fi/avs/blosxom.cgi/Society/Fairtrade/en.fairtradeondemand.html]. | |||