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Two Fairtrade banana farmers in Colombia

Living Wage and the Fairtrade Premium: banana supply chains in Ghana and Colombia

Workers at farms, factories and plantations are among the most vulnerable people in global trade.

This research study explores how the Fairtrade Premium reduces pressure on wages and generates an enabling environment to make a Living Wage meaningful for workers in banana supply chains in Ghana and Colombia.

1 min read | August 22, 2022

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A cocoa producer in Ghana, part of the cocoa impact study. Credit: Fairtrade Africa

What makes co-operatives work? A Study Exploring value creation and distribution in cocoa co-operatives in Ghana

Primary research exploring the internal and external factors that drive value by co-operatives for farmers in the Ghanaian cocoa sector…

1 min read | April 29, 2022

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Banana farmer Ángel Guzmán Santana, from the Las Mercedes producer association in the Dominican Republic, with a face mask tending to a banana plant. Credit Fairtrade

Programme brief: Fairtrade Foundation’s approach to living wages

This paper outlines five key pillars to Fairtrade Foundation’s approach to living wages and reflects on industry-wide progress to achieving…

1 min read | January 24, 2022

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Women standing in front of soap making apparatus

Learning brief: key learnings from design and implementation of resilience fund for cocoa farmers during the covid-19 pandemic

In July 2020 the Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund launched a one-year flexible grant facility in response to the significant impacts…

1 min read | August 12, 2021

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IGA Training at Kongoni River Farm - Star Division

Learning brief: Using Remote Data Collection for Worker Voice under the Building Resilience in Flower Supply Chains Project

Fairtrade is implementing the Building Resilience in Flower Supply Chains Project which has reached over 6 000 Kenyan flower workers through…

1 min read | July 8, 2021

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Gender and COVID-19 training of trainers at Kongoni River Farm Ltd

Learning Brief: Reflecting on lessons learnt from the gender workstream of Building Resilience in Flower Supply Chains

Fairtrade is implementing the Building Resilience in Flower Supply Chains Project which has reached over 6 000 Kenyan flower workers through…

1 min read | July 8, 2021

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Cocoa farmer with drying cocoa beans

Learning Brief: Market Analysis for Cocoa Income Diversification under the Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund

Fairtrade is implementing the Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund working with nine cocoa farming unions in Ghana which represent 22 500…

1 min read | May 25, 2021

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Cocoa farmers with drying cocoa beans

Learning Brief: Gender Inclusion in the Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund

Fairtrade is implementing the Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund working with nine cocoa farming unions in Ghana which represent 22 500…

1 min read | May 25, 2021

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Taking root Fairtrade in Malawi

Taking root – Fairtrade in Malawi

This report highlights the findings from the first phase of a long-term study to understand the difference that Fairtrade’s work…

1 min read | June 17, 2020

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Response to Fairtrade bananas global assessment of impact

Summary and Management Response to ‘Fairtrade Bananas: a Global Assessment of Impact’

1 min read | June 17, 2020

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