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AFRICA TO EUROPE

DOMINOESSTUDENT ACTIVITYThe aim of this activity is to plot the story of a farmer in Africa who grows and exports his beans to Europe.

• Working in pairs, cut up the 8 dominoes below and place them face up on the table.• Each domino has information about the people (stakeholders) involved in one international food journey.• To get started find the card that says ‘Anthony Mucheke, a green bean farmer’ and place this card as your first domino.• Take in turns to read the information on the card and find a picture on one of the other dominoes that goes with the

description that you have read.• Place the picture next to the description.• Read out the description on the new card and look for the picture that goes with it.• Continue in this way to connect the dominoes.

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ANThoNY MUChEkE, A grEEN bEAN fArMEr

Anthony is a green bean farmer in kenya. Anthony sells his green beans to a supermarket called Waitrose. The following dominoes show the journey from Anthony’s farm in Africa to the shop in Europe.

Look for ThE phoTogrAph of ANThoNY MUChEkE. hE IS hoLDINg hIS bEANS.

WoMEN bEAN pICkErS WorkINg IN ThE fIELD

bean farming needs a large numbers of workers (labour). The women bean pickers have a good income during the harvest time.

Look for ThE phoTogrAph of ThE bEAN pICkErS IN ThE fIELD.

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phINEAS kAbAkA, fArM MANAgEr

The supermarket Waitrose requires all farmers to meet high standards. Waitrose is now providing training so that African growers like Anthony get their produce to the standards expected for selling in Uk stores.

Look for ThE phoTogrAph of fArMErS bEINg TrAINED.

bEAN pICkErS CArrYINg ThE bEANS froM ThE fIELDS for SorTINg

once the beans are picked they are carried in containers from the fields to the sorting room on the farm. Any beans that have soil marks or are poorly shaped will be rejected here.

EDWIN kAkUNDI, A fIELD AgroNoMIST

Edwin kakundi is a farming advisor. he visits Anthony’s farm and explains how to prevent pest and disease problems, and how to manage the soil and water efficiently.

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kArIUkI, A DrIVEr

Everyday Kariuki collects beans from five different farms and takes them to the packhouse.

(Later, he takes the beans to the airport at Nairobi ready for export to Europe.)

fIND ThE phoTogrAph of kArIUkI.

kENYAN grEEN bEANS brINg bENEfITS

The beans are a good business in this area of kenya.

The company which exports the beans has contributed to the building and equipping of a new clinic facility for the area.

TEAMS grADE AND pACk VEgETAbLES

In the packing plant the workers take the beans that kariuki brings from the small scale farms, and then grade, pack and package them ready for export to Europe.

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