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Seventh edition February 2016
Monitoring the scope and benefits of fairtrade
cotton
© Suzanne Lee/Max Havelaar-Foundation (Switzerland)
FAIRTRADE Cotton producer REGIONS
Of the 22 cotton producer organizations, 13 are small producer organizations with a concentration in Western Africa, and nine are contract production organizations in India
© Stefan Lechner / Fairtrade Austria
Two buyers from Switzerland committed to support Fairtrade cotton producers through the Fairtrade Sourcing Program (FSP) with an initial commitment to purchase 69 MT of Fairtrade cotton lint
For more information about the Fairtrade Sourcing
Programs, and how they are helping farmers, visit
http://www.fairtrade.net/about-fairtrade/fairtrade-
sourcing-programs.html © Frédéric Raevens / Max Havelaar Belgium
Fairtrade cotton Sourcing Programs
Fairtrade cotton Premium usage
About 41% of the Fairtrade Premium was invested in community projects for education, healthcare and developing infrastructure.
A further 34% of Fairtrade Premium was used to supply direct services to the cotton farmers. Of this, the majority was used to provide tools and inputs.
© Suzanne Lee / Max Havelaar-Foundation (Switzerland)
Fairtrade cotton producers across several countries reported weather patterns becoming increasingly unstable as a result of climate change, which had adverse effects on cotton production
© Didier Gentilhomme / Fairtrade International, FLO-CERT GmbH
fairtrade cotton production challenges
Want to know more?
All information contained in this
presentation and summaries of impact
research can be found in our report
‘Monitoring the Scope and Benefits of
Fairtrade, Seventh Edition 2015’ at:
www.fairtrade.net/impact-and-research.html