Fairtrade | Suppliers | Growers | Sivapackiam, Fairtrade tea picker (#)

  „All workers on tea estates that supply the Fairtrade market have a workers' organisation to represent their interests. In Sivapackiam's case, she represents her fellow workers on a 'Joint Body' which decides the use of the Fairtrade premium. She gives an example of the difference this can make: "A year ago, we didn't have any electricity in our houses.“

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Fairtrade | Suppliers | Growers | Alberto, Fairtrade sugar grower

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  „Look for the FAIRTRADE Mark on cocoa. To find out where you can buy Fairtrade cocoa, click here .“

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  „Successive years of low prices on the world coffee market mean that growers and their families in countries like Nicaragua and Tanzania are not able to cover their costs of production and afford the basic necessities of life. It is clearly imperative that the major coffee companies engage with Fairtrade to address the increasing poverty and hardship that is the direct result of low world coffee prices, as proposed by organisations like Oxfam (Mugged: Poverty in Your Coffee Cup, 2002).“

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