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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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At 43%, coffee producer organizations earn the highest percentage of Fairtrade Premium worldwide.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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In 2011-12, 70% of the Fairtrade Premium for flowers was used to provide better services for workers and their families

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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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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.

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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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