General Overview February 2016

Monitoring the scope and

benefits of fairtrade

Seventh edition

© Simon Rawles

Fairtrade Producers

Around the world

there are about 1.6

million farmers

and workers in

Fairtrade certified

producer

organizations © Nathalie Bertrams

Fairtrade producer organizations

At the end of 2014 there were 1,226 Fairtrade producer organizations in 74 countries worldwide

© Nathalie Bertrams

64% of all Fairtrade

Producer

Organizations have

been certified for

three years or more

Female fairtrade workers

Women make up 48% of all workers on Fairtrade certified plantations

© Nathalie Bertrams

Fairtrade crop production And sales

40% of Fairtrade

producer groups

sold more than

50% of their

production on

fairtrade terms in

2013-2014 © Éric St-Pierre

Fairtrade premium

On Plantations,

Farmers spent 26% of

their Fairtrade

premium on education

© Suzanne Lee / Max Havelaar Stiftung Schweiz

Fairtrade premium

small producer

organizations spent

31% of

their fairtrade

premium on

investments supporting

productivity or quality

improvements © Didier Gentilhomme

Producer report

cocoa smallholders building big communities in ghana

Kuapa Kokoo, a cocoa cooperative in the

west of Ghana has used the Fairtrade

Premium to improve the livelihoods of

its members. Health projects such as

pump wells and mobile health clinics,

and the construction or refurbishment

of eight schools, have helped the

farmers build confidence and

independence and ensure a sense of

community participation and

ownership.

Read the full story here:

http://bit.ly/AboutKuapa

© Linus Hallgren / Fairtrade Sweden

Gamor Mensa Frederick is a member of Fairtrade certified

cooperative, Kuapa Kokoo Union, in Ghana

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