“Now with Fairtrade we have been able to take courses, educate the women. We have a group of women farming entrepreneurs with the help of Fairtrade. Women workers have also had business training and created a group of women entrepreneurs.”
Yadira Orozco, member of the Asobanar Cooperative
News and Features
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Fairtrade Announces Two New Initiatives Supported by European Union
Article posted: 12 Jan 2018
Fairtrade is excited to announce two new initiatives that will promote sustainable consumption and production in Europe and Asia.
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Fairtrade Joins Global Deal
Article posted: 22 Nov 2017
Fairtrade International has been invited to join the Global Deal – a multi-stakeholder partnership initiated by the Swedish Prime Minister, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the ...
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Coffee to go?
Article posted: 17 Nov 2017
La roya. Leaf rust. Words which strike fear into the hearts of tens of thousands of coffee growers around the world.
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Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Declares Support for Fairtrade and its Work on Climate Change
Article posted: 16 Nov 2017
His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg expressed his continuing support for Fairtrade in a meeting with Fairtrade Global CEO Dario Soto Abril at the COP23 UN Climate Conference in Bonn on 16 ...
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Coffee farmers go back to school
Article posted: 13 Nov 2017
It’s a blisteringly hot day at the Machakos Union coffee cooperative, 60 kilometres south of the capital, Nairobi. Despite the heat, more than a hundred coffee farmers – women and men – are sitting ...
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Fiji sugar farmers adapt to survive
Article posted: 7 Nov 2017
When Cyclone Winston drove a destructive path across the Pacific in February 2016, it was just the latest in a series of extreme weather events to hit Fiji. Winston left 44 people dead in its wake ...
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Fiji’s Fairtrade sugar farmers urge action on climate change
Press release posted: 5 Nov 2017
Fairtrade sugar farmers from Fiji, already grappling with the forces of climate change, are urging world leaders at the latest round of UN climate talks to fulfil their commitments on reducing ...
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Fairtrade sales top €7.8 billion, fostering sustainable livelihoods for farmers and workers
Press release posted: 12 Oct 2017
Release of Fairtrade's annual report, 2016-2017
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Landmark cooperation agreement to fight child labour in Paraguay sugar cane sector
Press release posted: 10 Oct 2017
Fairtrade supports certified producer organizations and their communities to lead in tackling child labour and improving children’s lives. A new agreement between three Fairtrade certified sugar cane ...
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Fairtrade: Setting Our Sights on the Future
Article posted: 19 Sep 2017
Fairtrade has grown from a small initiative to a global movement in the past two decades. Darío Soto Abril, CEO of Fairtrade International, explains Fairtrade's vision moving forward, including new ...
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