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Fairtrade Research and Publications

Highlights

  • 2023 Annual Report

  • Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Overview - Monitoring Report, 15th Edition

  • Fairtrade West Africa Cocoa Programme Monitoring Report, Fourth Edition

  • Life cycle assessment of cut roses: Analysing the environmental impacts of Fairtrade (Kenya) and conventional (Netherlands) production systems

  • Fairtrade Living Income - Progress Report 2023

  • Supporting shared responsibility: Fairtrade human rights and environmental due diligence report

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    Fairtrade West Africa Cocoa Programme Monitoring Report, Second Edition

    Published: 16 Dec 2021

    The Fairtrade West Africa Cocoa Programme (WACP) seeks tobuild strong and resilient small-scale producer organizations that are responsive to their members’ and their business partners’ needs. Implemented by Fairtrade Africa and supported by FairtradeInternational, the main WACP interventions are training, coachingand ...

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    Comparative Assessment of Monitoring and Remediation Systems on Child Labour as implemented by Fairtrade Small-scale Producer Organizations

    Published: 10 Dec 2021

    This study compares two types of systems: Fairtrade International’s signature Youth-Inclusive Community-Based Monitoring and Remediation (YICBMR) system and Internal Control Systems (ICS) in four countries: Belize, Dominican Republic, Ghana and India. Both systems were compared on the six criteria established by the ...

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    Public Policies on Fair Trade

    Published: 8 Dec 2021

    This study makes the first step towards a comprehensive overview of current and past public policies on Fair Trade and related policy fields, commissioned by the Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) and Fairtrade International. The study builds on work previously commissioned by FTAO and the Fairtrade Producer Network in the ...

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    2020-2021 Annual Report

    Published: 27 Oct 2021

    The future is fair. Our annual report reflects on the challenges of the past year, and the resilience of more than 1.9 million Fairtrade farmers and workers. We share programme and sales data, progress on key priorities, and the framework of our new global strategy. "Together with Fairtrade farmers and workers across the ...

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    The Future is Fair - An introduction to our strategy

    Published: 26 Oct 2021

    Our vision is a world in which all producers enjoy secure and sustainable livelihoods, fulfill their potential, and decide on their future. This document gives an introduction to our 2021-2025 global strategy, including our objectives and case studies.

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    Fairtrade and climate change: Systematic review, hotspot analysis and survey

    Published: 25 Oct 2021

    Climate change poses a serious threat to agricultural production and to many farmers growing the crops that Fairtrade certifies. Fairtrade International commissioned a study to understand the potential climate change impacts on the production and producers of six major Fairtrade crops. The researchers, from Vrije ...

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    Fairtrade West Africa Cocoa Programme evaluation

    Published: 1 Oct 2021

    The West Africa Cocoa Programme (WACP) was launched in 2016 by Fairtrade International and Fairtrade Africa. The programme’s central principle is that when small-scale producer organizations are strong, resilient and responsive to their members’ needs, and when they and their members have access to resources through the ...

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    Fairtrade Climate Change Projects - Learning from Experience

    Published: 1 Sep 2021

    Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face. Extreme weather and rising temperatures are already hitting the production of major Fairtrade commodities including coffee, cocoa and tea. In this report we give a brief overview of 10 projects within Fairtrade, analyse key trends and outline the lessons learned ...

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    Cocoa farmer income: The household income of Fairtrade cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire and strategies for improvement

    Published: 28 Jul 2021

    This study is a follow up to a previous study published in 2018, as part of our commitment to understanding and driving progress on cocoa farmers earning a living income, and to transparently sharing what we’re learning so farmers can benefit. The study finds that the incomes of Fairtrade cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire ...

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    Monitoring the scope and benefits of Fairtrade: Overview - Monitoring Report, 12th Edition

    Published: 18 Jun 2021

    This report summarizes data on Fairtrade certified organizations, farmers and workers, production, and Fairtrade Premium earned across all products during 2019. The most recent product specific data can be found under www.fairtrade.net/impact.

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