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• Importance of fair trade in handicrafts sector

  Posted: September 20, 2021
  

  The handicrafts sector has rich and diverse meanings for the world. In effect, Handicrafts are one of the most dynamic sectors of Tunisia's economy and one of the oldest and best distributed professional activities across the country.

  The potential of the craft sector, which is characterized by specific know-how, plays a strategic role in the growth and development of the Tunisian economy.

   

  Fairtrade provides more comprehensive support to producers and producer organizations.

  More precisely, fair trade is based on an organization of trade aimed at balancing the producer/consumer relationship between developed and developing countries. The consumer buys the product at a price guaranteeing the producer a fair remuneration for his work, within a social and environmental framework thus better preserved.

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• Explore The Traditional Tajine Handmade In Tunisia

  Posted: September 20, 2021
  

  Introduction

  First of all, what does "tagine" mean? This word is derived from the Greek "têganon", or "earthenware dish". The word "tagine" would therefore come directly from the tagine dish, this deep terracotta plate, topped with a pointed lid of the same material

  The word tajine, or tagine, is used to designate, on the one hand, a kitchen utensil respecting the traditions of the Maghreb, a hollow baking dish in glazed terracotta, surmounted by a conical lid, and on the other hand, a preparation culinary cooked in this utensil, a kind of stewed stew, which can be composed of meat, poultry or fish, vegetables or fruit.

   

  A Berber invention for cooking as a nomad

   

  The tagine would have been invented long before our era by the Berber people. These tribes very quickly knew how to take advantage of their nomadic way of life.

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