Fairtrade has changed [conditions] a lot... women and men now have the same rights. There are regular working hours, fixed leave days, and significantly improved safety regulations.
Rosemary Achieng, supervisor, Panda Flowers Farm, Kenya
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Fairtrade and coffee – 2012
Publication: published 31 May 2012
An estimated 1.6 billion cups of coffee are drunk worldwide every day. In this briefing you can find out about how the coffee beans reach your cup, what kinds of challenges coffee farmers face and ...
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A new workers' rights strategy for Fairtrade
Publication: published 20 Jun 2012
The vision of our new workers’ rights strategy is for workers to have the power to affect the decisions that impact their lives. We want to move beyond the traditional CSR paradigm of social ...
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Impact of Fairtrade for Peruvian cocoa farmers
Publication: published 1 Jul 2012
The aim of this study by the Institute of Natural Resources is evaluating the impact of Fairtrade cocoa in Peru. As Fairtrade is currently evolving very quickly, Fairtrade International is trying to ...
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2011-12 annual report
Publication: published 4 Sep 2012
Our annual report for 2011-12 provides an overview of key Fairtrade activities and statistics. “Fairtrade is a change agent. It promotes a new way of being. And it works because it’s about involving ...
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Fairtrade cotton: Assessing impact in Mali, Senegal, Cameroon and India
Publication: published 11 Jan 2013
Since 2004 Fairtrade has been tackling the inequality of the global cotton trade. This report presents the challenges faced by Fairtrade in targeting the small farmers at the very end of a long and ...
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Fairtrade and sugar – 2013
Publication: published 31 Jan 2013
Sugar is one of the world's most valuable commodities. In this briefing the Fairtrade Foundation has brought together many facts and figures on the history of sugar, today's market and stakeholders, ...
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Impact of Fairtrade on poverty reduction through rural development
Publication: published 27 Mar 2013
On occasion of the 20th anniversary of both TransFair Germany and the Max Havelaar Foundation (Switzerland), the two organizations jointly commissioned a study that provides insight to the question ...
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade – fourth edition – 2012
Publication: published 2 May 2013
This report gives the results of the annual monitoring data collection from Fairtrade certified producer organizations which took place during 2011. It presents the scope and scale of Fairtrade in ...
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Powering up smallholder farmers to make food fair
Publication: published 11 May 2013
Seventy percent of the world’s food is produced by 500 million smallholder farmers; this group also represents half of the world’s hungry people. On World Fair Trade Day 2013, Fairtrade ...
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Farmers to have equal say in Fairtrade
Press release: posted 10 Jun 2013
In a ground-breaking move, producers of tea, coffee, bananas and other goods will have half the votes at Fairtrade International’s annual General Assembly in Germany on Wednesday, 12 June 2013.
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