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Fairtrade Research and Publications
Highlights
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How does Fairtrade mitigate violations in global supply chains?
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Promoting living incomes in the cocoa sector: Policy options for consumer countries
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Overview - Monitoring report, 11th Edition
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2019-2020 Annual Report
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Fairtrade: Sustainable trade for sustainable development
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Fairtrade West Africa Cocoa Programme Monitoring Report, First Edition
All Publications
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Cocoa farmer income: The household income of cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire and strategies for improvement
Published: 9 Apr 2018
Fairtrade International commissioned True Price, with the Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) and GeoTraceability, to carry out baseline research with smallholder cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire. The study identifies sources of income for cocoa households and calculates an average household income, as well as ...
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2016-17 annual report: Creating innovations, scaling up impact
Published: 12 Oct 2017
Our 2016-17 annual report was presented as a microsite, and provides an overview of key Fairtrade activities and statistics. Visit the 2016-2017 annual report microsite "April marked the 20th anniversary of Fairtrade International. Over the past two decades, Fairtrade has gone from being a small niche initiative to a ...
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The impact of Fairtrade: A review of research evidence 2009-2015
Published: 1 Sep 2017
Fairtrade International commissioned the Overseas Development Institute to conduct an in-depth review of recent research to find out to what extent Fairtrade is contributing towards its intended impacts. This review synthesizes results from 45 studies published between 2009 and 2015. It offers comprehensive insights into ...
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Assessing coffee farmer household income
Published: 13 Jun 2017
Fairtrade worked with social enterprise True Price on an assessment of coffee farmer household income in seven producer countries: Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, India, Indonesia and Vietnam. This research allows Fairtrade to build up knowledge on measuring farmer household income. It will also inform discussions across ...
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Baseline for assessing the impact of Fairtrade certification on cocoa farmers and cooperatives in Ghana
Published: 18 Apr 2017
Fairtrade International and Fairtrade Africa commissioned the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Bioversity International to carry out baseline research with smallholder cocoa farmers and their cooperative unions in Ghana. The baseline will form a framework for stakeholder engagement and improved intervention design, ...
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Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade – eighth edition – 2016
Published: 11 Apr 2017
Our 2016 monitoring report was presented as a microsite. Visit the 2016 monitoring report microsite "In this report you will find a rich variety of data and charts about Fairtrade’s work across different products and regions. Behind the figures there are human stories like Freddy’s. These stories exemplify how Fairtrade is ...
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Does fair trade change society? Executive summary: final report
Published: 2 Mar 2017
This study was conducted by research institute CEval between September 2015 and September 2016, on behalf of TransFair e.V. (Fairtrade Germany), Engagement Global, Brot für die Welt, Forum Fairer Handel und MISEREOR, with financial support from the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung. It examines the impact of fair trade in Germany ...
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Gender strategy 2016-2020: Transforming equal opportunity, access and benefits for all
Published: 20 Dec 2016
The Fairtrade Gender Strategy seeks to attain gender equality and women’s empowerment in producer organizations through building women’s and girls’ power and agency. The strategy aims to deliver a transformative approach to gender mainstreaming in the Fairtrade system.
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Fairtrade coffee: A study to assess the impact of Fairtrade for coffee smallholders and producer organisations in Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, and Tanzania
Published: 15 Dec 2016
Fairtrade commissioned the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich to conduct an evaluation of Fairtrade impact in the coffee sector, focussing on small-scale organizations in Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and Tanzania. The research examined in what ways Fairtrade coffee farmers and their organizations ...
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Fairtrade theory of change
Published: 9 Dec 2016
Fairtrade International has developed a Theory of Change for Fairtrade as part of work to improve the Fairtrade Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) system.The Theory of Change captures the range of things Fairtrade does as a system (i.e. its interventions) and relates these logically to desired immediate, mid-term ...
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