It is part of the standards, that women should be empowered... If a woman is empowered, then the house will also be empowered, economically and socially.
Elizabeth Chepkwony, coffee farmer, Kabngetuny cooperative, Kenya
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Article posted: 28 Dec 2020
Young people are the future of agriculture – but hardly any of them want to become farmers. In Thailand, young people from Fairtrade farming families learnt about sustainable agriculture
Article posted: 17 Dec 2020
Latin America was one of the regions hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but without Fairtrade support it would have been a lot worse, says Basilio Almonte, Cocoa Coordinator at the Latin American ...
Press release posted: 15 Dec 2020
The new Fairtrade Base Wage marks a unique move towards a living wage, benefitting thousands of banana planatation workers.
Article posted: 15 Dec 2020
Along with small-scale farmers the world over, West African cocoa producers were hit by the pandemic. The Fairtrade Relief Fund came at just the right time when the producers needed it most
Article posted: 14 Dec 2020
How willing are consumers to purchase products made in a fair and ethical way? Does that change across countries? These, and many other questions, were explored as part of the Trade Fair Live Fair ...
Article posted: 10 Dec 2020
The study focuses on six Fairtrade coffee cooperatives in Guatemala, Indonesia and Kenya, and how they made progress on inclusion, empowerment and transformative change.
Article posted: 3 Dec 2020
Fairtrade International is pleased to announce Lynette Thorstensen as the new Chair of the Fairtrade Board.
Article posted: 2 Dec 2020
48 young producers from 22 Fairtrade certified organizations from different provinces in Ecuador are remotely taking part in the climate change leadership school.
Article posted: 30 Nov 2020
Valentine Growers describes itself as “not your typical rose farm.” Producing an astonishing 27 million roses every year, more than 95 percent of the workforce is employed on permanent contracts, ...
Article posted: 25 Nov 2020
A Fairtrade International delegation met with Pope Francis on Monday, 23. November, to present the work Fairtrade is doing around the world to promote fairer trading conditions for more than 5 ...
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It is part of the standards, that women should be empowered... If a woman is empowered, then the house will also be empowered, economically and socially.
Elizabeth Chepkwony, coffee farmer, Kabngetuny cooperative, Kenya