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Fairtrade Research and Publications
Highlights
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Summary - Monitoring report, 10th Edition
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Evaluation of Youth Inclusive Community-Based Monitoring and Remediation System on Child Labour (YICBMR) as implemented by Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA)
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Asia and Pacific region - Monitoring report, 10th Edition
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Cocoa - Monitoring report, 10th Edition
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Coffee – Monitoring report, 10th Edition
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Fairtrade: Sustainable trade for sustainable development
All Publications
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No climate resilience without trade justice: joint position paper for COP25
Published: 28 Nov 2019
This position paper is a joint statement from the global fair trade movement, including Fairtrade International, on the occasion of the COP25 climate summit in Madrid, 2-13 December 2019.The Amazon fires and the social explosions sparked by environmental degradation across the planet, coupled with globe-spanning strikes on ...
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Latin America and the Caribbean region - Monitoring report, 10th Edition
Published: 28 Nov 2019
Producer organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean make up about half of all Fairtrade certified organizations worldwide: by the end of 2017, there were 803 Fairtrade producer organizations in 22 countries throughout the region. More than 335,000 farmers and workers in the region make up about 20 percent of the ...
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Asia and Pacific region - Monitoring report, 10th Edition
Published: 28 Nov 2019
By the end of 2017, there were 261 Fairtrade producer organizations in 20 countries throughout the Asia and Pacific region. More than 260,000 farmers and workers in the region make up about 15 percent of the global total in the Fairtrade system. Producers in the region earned €12.5 million in Fairtrade Premium in 2017 to ...
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2018-19 annual report: Choosing a fairer future through trade
Published: 15 Nov 2019
Our annual report for 2018-2019 provides information about Fairtrade's reach and impact, ongoing projects, and future plans."Fairtrade exists to create fairer terms of trade, and put power in the hands of farmers and workers to earn a decent living and make decisions about their future. Progress may seem slow at times, and ...
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Living Income Reference Prices for Vanilla from Uganda and Madagascar
Published: 4 Nov 2019
Vanilla has received increasing attention by the global public in recent years. Ongoing high vanilla prices, vanilla theft, and quality problems from vanilla beans harvested before full maturity have brought vanilla repeatedly to the headlines. This is a consequence of the extreme boom-and-bust cycles experienced by the ...
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Africa and Middle East region - Monitoring report, 10th Edition
Published: 21 Oct 2019
Producer organizations in Africa and the Middle East make up about a third of all Fairtrade certified organizations worldwide: by the end of 2017, there were 535 Fairtrade producer organizations in 31 countries throughout the region. The number of farmers and workers in the region makes up almost two-thirds of the global ...
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Cocoa - Monitoring report, 10th Edition
Published: 18 Oct 2019
In 2017, cocoa was the fastest-growing Fairtrade product category with sales jumping by an impressive 57 percent in volume to more than 214,000 metric tonnes (MT). Growth continued in 2018, with a 21 percent increase in volumes sold (to 260,628 MT) and €44 million in Fairtrade Premium paid to certified cocoa ...
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Coffee – Monitoring report, 10th Edition
Published: 4 Oct 2019
Coffee continues to be the most significant product within the Fairtrade product range in terms of production volume as well as the number of producers involved. Today, there are 582 Fairtrade certified coffee producer organizations across 32 countries, with a total of 762,392 farmer members. From 2016 to 2017, sales ...
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Fairtrade: Sustainable trade for sustainable development
Published: 17 Sep 2019
For three decades we have helped get fairer deals for farmers and workers in developing countries, and now we are a significant driver of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Fairtrade has a crucial role in sustainable development. Nearly all the 169 targets which underpin the global goals are somehow related to food ...
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Sugar – Monitoring report, 10th Edition
Published: 6 Sep 2019
The global sugar industry is vast and complex. Around 80 percent of the world’s sugar is derived from sugarcane. It is grown by millions of small-scale farmers and plantation workers in developing countries before entering the sugarcane supply chain, which comprises factories/mills, refiners, wholesalers, traders and ...
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