Fair Trade A new way of consumption

What’s fair trade ?Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach

that aims to help producers in developing countries make better trading conditions and promote sustainability

Lots of different products come from fair trade. Foods like Bananas, coffee, and sugar…But also clothes, jewellery…

Producers receive a payment which permits them to improve their lifestyles.

Biocoop , Artisan du monde, Artisanat sel, Alter eco are associations which sell fairt rade products all over the world in shops or on the internet.

Fair Trade is a trading partnership based on dialogue, transparency, and respect that seeks greater equity in international trade.

It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions

and securing the rights of marginalized producers and workers, especially in third world countries.

Fair trade

European consumers are increasingly sensitive to the quality of the products they buy by considering their

health, environmental or social impacts.

Gradually, European consumers have become concerned and have changed their buying habits.

They have become especially attentive to the production conditions and marketing.

Economic impacts - more income - less vulnerable to the fluctuation of prices - better living conditions - access to new more lucrative international

markets.- Generates new business in other markets:

development of processed food, responsible tourism, technological improvement

What are the impacts of fair trade on third world countries?

Social services: education, school infrastructures, purchase of new and better equipment

health: creation of clinics, insurance companies …

Local Development: financing for community projects:

construction of restrooms, solar ovens, roads, increased accessibility to purified drinking water

Social impacts of the fair-trade…

- technical Support: training producers for sustainable production (fertilizer management, anti-erosion policies)

- More concern for the environment leads to better products.

- Management of natural resources: preservation of water, the land, and biodiversity

- promotion of organic farming.

Environmental impacts

- increase in product quality

- knowledge of markets and the international environment.

- opportunity for producers' organizations to have an open dialogue with public authorities and to propose supporting policies

- Government: increased transparency, democratic processes

Organizational and political impacts

More sales in supermarkets Worldshops or fair trade shops are specialized retail outlets

offering and promoting fair trade products.

In addition, big supermarkets decided to sell fair trade products about 10 years ago.

This allows these sorts of products to be know world-wide and it gives customers more opportunities to buy fair trade products.

Coffee prices Thanks to supermarkets, 51 % of consumers have already heard about Fair trade. Here we can see the difference between a fair trade coffee price and a traditional coffee price.

The product may be more expensive, but the fair trade producers receive 4 times more money than a traditional producer.

The World Fair Trade Organization (formerly the International Fair Trade Association) is a global association created in 1989 of fair trade producer

cooperatives and associations, export marketing companies, importers, retailers, national and regional fair trade networks, and fair trade support organizations.

the major fair trade labels

To sum up

• Producers receive a stable and fair price

for their products

• Forced labour and child labour are not allowed

• Buyers and farmers maintain relationships over the years

• Producers are given financial and technical assitance

• Working conditions are healthy and safe

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For a better life in the world,

buy fair trade products !