2013 fairtrade-scope-benefits-premium
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The Fairtrade Premium is an extra-sum above the contract price that companies pay to Fairtrade producers when buying on Fairtrade terms. Producers collectively decide where to invest Premium funds to improve their community. This report is based on data largely collected in 2012. Find the full report at www.fairtrade.net/impact-and-research.htmlTRANSCRIPT
MONITORING THE SCOPE AND BENEFITS OF FAIRTRADE Fifth Edition 2013 Fairtrade Premium
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Fairtrade producers use the Fairtrade Premium to improve social, economic & environmental conditions in their communities. © Max Havelaar Switzerland
The Premium is an additional sum above the purchase price at origin. Farmers & workers are free to use the Premium according to their priorities.
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© James Rodriguez
At 43%, coffee producer organizations earn the highest percentage of Fairtrade Premium worldwide.
© Didier Gentilhomme( above) and Sean Hawkey
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©Riccardo Gangale
In 2011-12, Peru was the top-ranked country receiving € 11.6 million in Fairtrade Premium
With cooperation of Max Havelaar Netherlands, Fairtrade Premium was spent to educational support in Colombia.
© Marcel Koppen
Workers elected to invest 54% of their Fairtrade Premium in services for workers and their families.
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Village members decide on Premium use in producer executive body meeting at Eco Nectar and Khargone Krushuk Utthan Samiti Cooperative, India.
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In 2011–12, the Fairtrade Premium in coffee more than doubled to €37.3 million.
© Bernhard Moser
Coffee farmers in Laos chose to create a coffee shop for their community with Fairtrade Premium funds.
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In 2011-12, the Fairtrade Premium paid to banana producers topped €15 million.
© Tessa Jol (above) Fairtrade Finland
In 2011-12, the Fairtrade Premium paid to cocoa farmers’ organizations increased by 20% to €9.4 million.
Community members – most of them members of Fairtrade co-op TCGA – help thatch the roof of a new home in San Jose, Belize.
© James A. Rodríguez
In 2009–12, 23% of the Fairtrade Premium for coffee was used for education.
Pupils from the Hekima Girls Secondary School in Tanzania benefitted from Fairtrade Premium investments from the Kagera Cooperative Union.
© Matt Crossick
In 2011–12, Fairtrade sugar farmers earned more than €9.2 million in Fairtrade Premium.
San Joaquin village members use public bathroom at the community center, a project funded by BSCFA, a Fairtrade sugar co-op in Corozal, Belize.
© James A. Rodríguez
In 2011-12, 25% Fairtrade seed cotton premium was used to improve educational infrastructure.
SODIFITEX, a Fairtrade co-op, in Senegal, supports local schools with Fairtrade Premium.
© Sean Hawkey
In 2011-12, 70% of the Fairtrade Premium for flowers was used to provide better services for workers and their families
© Andrea Rasberg
12% of all Fairtrade Premium funds earned in Africa and the Middle East went to tea producers.
The farmers of Kasinthula in Malawi have invested in water projects for their community.
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© Andrea Rasberg
Fairtrade Premium revenues in Latin America & the Caribbean reached nearly €57 million, a 38% increase.
Members of COOMPROCOM, a Fairtrade co-op in Nicaragua, stand with their water reservoir, which was built with Fairtrade Premium
Top 5 countries in Asia & Oceania for Premium income were India, Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and China.
© Didier Gentilhomme
Pomegranate farmers in Uzbekistan elected to build a tea house in their community as part of a plan to bring new members to their cooperative.
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All information contained in this presentation and more can be found in our report ‘Monitoring the Scope and Benefits of Fairtrade, Fifth Edition 2013’ at: www.fairtrade.net/impact-and-research.html
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