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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.
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. The research draws from first-hand experiences of Fairtrade Producer Organisations, cocoa farmers and a wide range of actors engaging with cocoa co-operatives from the outside. The author offers a clear framework for assessing co-operatives’ value…
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 living wages for workers. Fairtrade programmes and expertise – together with the strengths of our producer networks across the world – make us uniquely placed to tackle the deeply embedded barriers to living wages.
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 of the Covid-19 pandemic on Ghana’s cocoa sector. The aim of the Fund was to provide start-up capital for nine cocoa unions affiliated with Cocoa Life Ghana to pilot new climate-smart business models, bolstering food…
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 immediate support during the pandemic as well as interventions aiming to make the flower industry fairer and more resilient. Read the learning brief to learn more about the gender workstream of the project.
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 immediate support during the pandemic as well as interventions aiming to make the flower industry fairer and more resilient. Read the learning brief to learn more about how we used remote data tools to gather insights…
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 farmers. Learn more about our market analysis for climate-smart income diversification.
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 farmers. Learn more about how we embedded gender in our grant facility.
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 makes to farmers and workers in the tea, sugar and groundnuts sectors in Malawi.