Caroline Shikuku at the Tulaga flower farm in Kenya.

Better wages and working conditions on farms are key to East African flower sector’s post-pandemic recovery, Fairtrade and partners tell industry

Flower retailers suppliers and consumers must start paying a fairer share of the value of stems they purchase so that…

5 min read | July 6, 2021

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Fairtrade launches global campaign to unwrap a fairer future for cocoa farmers

The Fairtrade “Bitter Sweet” global campaign encourages consumers around the world to recognize the connection between Fairtrade and better incomes…

4 min read | July 2, 2021

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Amah Kouao poses with her friend Amoakon Kpanguin, one of the men to attend the WSOL from Anniassue. They stand in a cocoa farm.

New research shows Fairtrade raises living standards for cocoa farmers

New research shows that on average, Fairtrade boosts cocoa farmers’ spending on household essentials beyond the need for food by 9%

3 min read | July 1, 2021

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A banana farmer carries a branch of banana bunches

Fairtrade leads way to living wages for banana workers

The Fairtrade Base Wage comes into effect today meaning higher wages for thousands of workers on banana plantations

4 min read | July 1, 2021

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Two illustrated farmers. A woman holding cocoa pods and waving opposite a man holding bananas and waving, on either side of the illustrated people are red cocoa pods on branches and a banana plant. Text: Climate justice for farmers and workers #WaveOfHope

MAKE A #WAVEOFHOPE TO SHOW G7 WHY CLIMATE JUSTICE MATTERS FOR FARMERS

#WaveOfHope #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #Fairtrade. The global Fairtrade community is challenging national leaders to at a minimum deliver on an unfulfilled…

3 min read | June 9, 2021

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Two women working in a tree nursery, in Kenya

Fairtrade launches coffee farmers’ guide to battling climate change

Fairtrade Africa has developed a Climate Academy Guide for coffee farmers in Eastern and Central Africa to enable them to…

4 min read | June 4, 2021

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Britain’s best-loved children’s illustrators join Fairtrade Foundation and over 75 other UK charities in campaign calling on government to Crack the Crises as G7 approaches

Some of Britain’s best-loved illustrators including Quentin Blake Lauren Child Diane Ewen Jim Field and Nick Sharratt have added their…

3 min read | June 2, 2021

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A brighter future for migrant banana workers in the Dominican Republic

Thousands of undocumented migrants working on banana farms and plantations in the Dominican Republic can look forward to a brighter…

2 min read | May 26, 2021

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Beatrice Boakye, cocoa farmer in Ghana, drying her cocoa beans

Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund supports thousands of women to improve their income in cocoa growing communities

The new ‘Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund’ designed to protect cocoa farmer livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic is providing grants that…

4 min read | May 26, 2021

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Cocoa farmer with a basket of cocoa pods on his shoulder

Cocoa farmers in Ghana awarded seed capital to diversify their incomes in climate smart ventures

New research identifies most effective climate smart enterprises to generate extra income for cocoa famers

4 min read | May 26, 2021

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