the Fairtrade system · 2018-10-18 · A Global Connection: Ibu Rahmah, Coffee farmer, Indonesia...

About myself

A Brighter Future: Fakoh Kouassi, Cocoa farmer, Côte d'Ivoire.

- President of the Fairtrade

certified cocoa

cooperative Kapatchiva

in Côte d'Ivoire

- The cooperative has 567

members in 5

communities

- has ten hectares under

cocoa production and

achieves a yield of 2-3

tonnes per year

A Global Connection: Ibu Rahmah, Coffee farmer, Indonesia

- Head of the KOPEPI Ketiara

coffee cooperative in Aceh

Tengah, Indonesia

- Women play key roles in this

cooperative

- Cooperative has up

emergency fund for

members affected by natural

disasters

Empowerment: Rachel Kasyoka, Worker in Flower farm, Kenya

- One of 700 employees

working at Harvest Ltd

- Rachel's 2 children go to

school and have received

bursaries from Fairtrade

premium Bursary Scheme

- Husband owns motorbike from

the Fairtrade premium. Works

in transport business after

farm

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WHAT ARE WE

DOING RIGHT NOW

WITH OUR 2020

STRATEGY

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Board of Fairtrade International report on 2016-2017

and workers 2015

Putting Producers at the Center: Living Income and

Living Wages

Creating Value through Partnerships: The Cocoa Crisis &Living Income

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58%

extreme

poverty

living

income*

~12

%

~30%

*A living income in CDI is

estimated at $6133 per year

for a typical cocoa farmer

household of 8 members

58% households earn below extreme poverty line

74% of household income typically comes from cocoa sales

Fairtrade Minimum Price and Premium combined with impact interventions with companies a solution

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Coffee Livelihoods

Creating Value Through Partnerships: Living Wages in

Banana Plantations

16k Banana

Workers

9 Countries

Earning

Living Wages

by 2020

32

Plantations

5k Workers in

Colombia

Acting as one Aligned Global Movement

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Meet Foncho Bananas