Fairtrade | News | Press Release (#)

  „In 2001, prices of coffee on the international markets collapsed to record-breaking lows, slashing the farmers’ and national country incomes. Between 1994 and the end of 2001 the price of robusta beans (used chiefly in instant coffee) plummeted from around 180 cents per lb to just 17 cents, a 30 year low. The value of the other coffee bean, the high quality arabica, suffered similarly.“

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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Spring 1998

  „With organisations to represent their interests, farmers can cut out the middlemen, get a better price, and gain more control over their lives. Coffees with the Fairtrade Mark are bought directly from this type of small farmers' organisation at a guaranteed fair trade price. This covers the cost of production, a basic living wage, and allows for investment, no matter how low the world price drops. Mario Perez, a Nicaraguan farmer who has only recently been able to sell coffee under the fair trade system, says 'Three years ago we practically had to give away our harvest - we were losing money on the deals.“

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Fairtrade | Suppliers | Growers | Isabel and Adolfo, Fairtrade coffee farmers

  „'I hope consumers will buy more Fairtrade coffee so we can maintain ourselves like this,' says Adolfo. 'If it wasn't for Fairtrade with prices so low at the moment, we would get deeper and deeper into debt. I know other producers who are getting into debt.“

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Fairtrade | News | Latest

  „ForesTrade has set up a relief effort bank account. Funds will be forwarded to their partners in Aceh, the Gayo Organic Coffee Farmers Association (PPKGO) who supply Fairtrade coffee to the UK. PPKGO has organized a relief effort and are using the coffee warehouse to shelter hundreds since the disaster. They are also distributing blankets, clothing and food.“

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It's All About Coffee

  „When you reach for your jar of Fairtrade coffee this morning, the makers hope you will spare a thought for the farmers in the developing world. But a row is brewing between two of the organisations that certify ethical coffee over whose fair trade is the fairest.“

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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Summer 2003

  „And he certainly did that. A quietly spoken man, he held audiences across the country spellbound as he told how hard low coffee prices are hitting farmers - and how Fairtrade is changing lives. 'When you buy Fairtrade', he had told a packed launch at the House of Commons, 'you are supporting our democracy.' The co-operative is working, he explained, to build up membership, to improve quality, to find markets, to ensure their kids get a proper education and much more.“

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