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Fair Trade (Facts (There are 1,226 Fairtrade producer organisations across…
Fair Trade
Facts
There are 1,226 Fairtrade producer organisations across 74 countries.
Retail trade is growing by 40% a year!
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In the UK sales reached 500 million pounds in 2007 and is widely used by large retailers like Starbucks, Cadbury's and Sainsbury's.
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On plantations, workers spend 26% of their Fairtrade premium on education.
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Banana Fairtrade
98% of workers on Fairtrade
plantations in Colombia
reported feeling a
sense of job security,
compared to 9% on
non-Fairtrade
plantations
78% of workers interviewed
in Ecuador said their health
and nutrition
have improved in the
last three years
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96% of banana smallholders
surveyed in Colombia
said that their economic
situation had improved
since joining Fairtrade9
22,000 farmers in Fairtrade system
Sainsbury's 100% commitment to Fairtrade Bananas- helping farmers in St. Lucia - helped recovering from disasters/hurricanes
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Examples
Rwanda: Community investing in water and women's health. Farmers normally get 8% but with Fair Trade (cutting middle man) - 20%
In Costa Rica coffee growers have formed co-operatives (groups ) and now grow and trade their own coffee
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