Reports and briefing papers

All reports and papers below written by the Fairtrade Foundation, unless otherwise stated.  Click the title to download a pdf.  

Fairtrade policy

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• Five Key Fairtrade Benefits: core standards and practice behind Fairtrade Labelling (March 2008) 
• Retail pricing of Fairtrade products: Questions and Answers (April 2006)
• Are consumers getting a fair deal from Fairtrade? (March 2005)
• Review of UK supply chains, returns to producers and retail margin issues  
• Does Fairtrade encourage global oversupply and low prices?
• The Fairtrade Foundation's submission to the European Commission's public consultation on the future of European Trade Policy July 2010
• The Fairtrade Foundation's submission to the UK Government's public consultation on the Trade White Paper, January 2011
• Fair and local - Farmers of the world unite? A discussion paper comparing the experience of marginalised farmers across the world (November 2011) 
• Executive summary of 'Fair and local - Farmers of the world unite' (November 2011)
   

Environment

• Why the climate revolution must be a fair revolution: Summary of the Fairtrade Foundation Discussion Paper (Fairtrade Foundation, October 2009)
• Egalité, Fraternité, Sustainabilité: Why the climate revolution must be a fair revolution (Fairtrade Foundation, October 2009)
• Fairtrade, climate change and sustainable production: common questions and answers
• Q & A: Fairtrade Standards and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) (January 2008) 

The impact of Fairtrade

• Fairtrade in the banana sector (Institute of Development Studies, December 2011)
• Summary and Fairtrade response to Fairtrade in the Banana sector (Fairtrade Foundation, December 2011)
• Impact of Fairtrade Bananas - summary and response in Spanish/en Español (Fairtrade Foundation, December 2011)
• Fairtrade Tea: Early impacts in Malawi (Fairtrade Foundation, June 2010)
• Impacts of Fairtrade in South Africa (Fairtrade Foundation, June 2010)

• Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade Third Edition, 2011 (Fairtrade International, December 2011) 
• The Benefits of Fairtrade 2nd edition: A Monitoring and Evaluation Report of Fairtrade Certified Producer Organisations for 2008 (Fairtrade International, August 2010)
• The Benefits of Fairtrade: A Monitoring and Evaluation Report of Fairtrade Certified Producer Organisations for 2007 (Fairtrade International, February 2010) 

• The impact of Fairtrade labelling on small-scale producers: Conclusions of the first studies (Max Havelaar France, April 2009)
• Making Trade Work for Producers (Max Havelaar France, November 2003)
• A review of the impact of Fairtrade over the last ten years (Natural Resources Institute, September 2009)
• The Impact of Fairtrade on Producers and their Organisations: A case Study with Coocafé in Costa Rica (Ronchi, L., Prus Working paper No. 11, Poverty Research Unit at Sussex, University of Sussex, June 2002)
• Thriving in a Hostile Environment: Fairtrade as a positive mechanism for disadvantaged producers (Alex Nicholls, 2008)
• The Economics of Fairtrade (Mark Hayes and Geoff Moore, 2005)
  
• The Impact of Fairtrade Towns  (Louise Taplin, 2009)
  
• Fair Trade: Market-Driven Ethical Consumption, Alex Nicholls & Charlotte Opal - link to external website
• Colorado State University Fair Trade Research Group - link to case studies on external website  
   

General briefing papers

• Annual reports
• Buying Into Fairtrade: procurement in the public and private sector (March 2007)
• Fairtrade and Make Poverty History
• Fairtrade Foundation submission to IDC inquiry into Fair Trade  (February 2007)   
• Tipping the Balance The Fairtrade Foundation’s strategy for 2008 to 2012.
• Fairtrade and the Global Food Crisis - Fairtrade International Briefing (September 2008)
• The global food crisis and Fairtrade: Small farmers, big solutions? (Fairtrade Foundation, February 2009)

Products

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• Bananas: Behind the Price Tag
• Bananas: Unpeeling the Banana Trade - A Fairtrade Foundation Briefing Paper (February 2009) 

• Cocoa commodity briefing (full report) (Aug 2011)
• Cocoa commodity briefing (summary) (Aug 2011)

• Cocoa chart- comparision of Fairtrade price and world market price (December 2011)

• Coffee chart (arabica) - comparision of Fairtrade price and world market price (December 2011)
• Coffee chart (robusta) - comparision of Fairtrade price and world market price (November 2011)

• Redressing a Global Imbalance - The Case for Fairtrade Certified Cotton - A Fairtrade Foundation Briefing Paper (November 2005)
• Fairtrade Cotton: Questions and Answers
• Fairtrade Olive oil: Questions and Answers (2009)
• Fairtrade Roses: Questions and Answers (February 2006)
• Fairtrade Sportsballs: Questions and Answers (2008)
• Fairtrade Vegetables: Questions and Answers  (May 2010)
• Stirring up the tea trade; Can we build a better future for tea producers (1210.80KB) (February 2010)
• Fairtrade Standard for Tea factsheet (654.50KB)

Other online information

• Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
• World Cocoa Foundation
• International Coffee Organisation
• International Cocoa Organisation
• Sugaronline
• European Fair Trade Association