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How can you make international supply chains work better for smallholder farmers?

16 May 2012 10:10

By Aurelie Walker, Trade Policy Adviser, Fairtrade Foundation

Making international supply chains work better for smallholder farmers is a potential ‘win-win’ for thousands of farmers and businesses. A new report by the Fairtrade Foundation analyses six case studies from farmer groups producing tea, cocoa and nuts in Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire and Malawi asking them from their experience, what really makes trade fair?

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Step into Oxfam this World Fair Trade Day

11 May 2012 10:02

By Harry Hill, comedian, entertainer, Fairtrade supporter and authority on salted peanuts

To celebrate World Fair Trade Day (12 May) I’m working behind the till at the Oxfam shop on Kensington High Street where I once bought a stuffed puffin.

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Fairtrade Foundation report launch: A comparative study of six fair trade value chains




A new report by the Fairtrade Foundation analyses six case studies from farmer groups producing tea, cocoa and nut in Kenya, Cote D'Ivoire and Malawi asking them from their experience, what really makes trade fair? The report makes recommendations to buyers on how they can play their role. What will you do? 


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Read Fair Comment Spring 2012



A Cumbrian farmer visits Fairtrade banana farmers in the Windward Islands and a Fairtrade chocolate brownie recipe inside the latest version of our Fair Comment newsletter.

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