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Leaf Fair Trade
Who benefits from Fairtrade?
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The Fairtrade system provides tangible benefits to small-scale farmers and workers, consumers and the environment.
1. Small-scale farmers and workers: Approximately
1.5 million workers and farmers in 58 developing countries in Africa,
Asia and Latin America benefit from Fairtrade. Some of the benefits of
Fairtrade include:
- Increased power/ improved role in the trade of their produce
- Improved access to low or no-interest loans
- Technical assistance for building infrastructure to improve production
- Communications systems, and collectively-owned transport and processing equipment
- Better health care and education
- Technical training and skill diversification for cooperative members and their families
2. Consumers: The Fairtrade system benefits consumers by:
- Having the opportunity to buy in line with their principles
- Being empowered them to play their part in addressing global trade inequities
- Getting in exchange high quality products
3. Environment: Fairtrade rewards and encourages farming and production practices that are environmentally sustainable, such as:
- Integrated farm management systems which minimize pollutants, pesticides and herbicides
- Organic agriculture techniques
- Banning the use of most dangerous pesticides
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