fairtrade in latin america and the caribbean
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Fairtrade has a strong presence in Latin America and the Caribbean with over 272,000 farmers and workers represented by 509 producer organizations. The CLAC is the Fairtrade producer network representing the interests of producers in Latin America and the Caribbean to Fairtrade International, the global umbrella organization for Fairtrade.TRANSCRIPT
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MONITORING THE SCOPE AND BENEFITS
OF FAIRTRADE
THIRD EDITION, 2011
Fairtrade in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Juan Asanza, a member of FEDECADE in Ecuador, opening a cocoa pod to extract the beans.
© Didier Gentilhomme
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Selena Obregon, a member of CECOCAFEN in Nicaragua.
© Bernhard Moser
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Workers of APAO Banana Cooperative in Ecuador washing bananas.
© Didier Gentilhomme
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Francisco Guamánis a member of the quinoa producing cooperative COPROBICH in Ecuador.
© Didier Gentilhomme
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The ancestors of Balerio have been growing sugarcane for generations. Now he is a member of CEPICAFE in Peru.
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COORDINADORA LATINO-AMERICANA Y DEL CARIBE DE COMERCIO JUSTO (CLAC)
The Fairtrade Producer Networks
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Coordinator of Fairtrade Latin America and the Caribbean (CLAC)
• CLAC is the Coordinator of Fairtrade Latin America and the Caribbean, a member of Fairtrade International.
• CLAC represents Fairtrade certified small farmer organizations in over 20 countries.
• CLAC estimates that the number of families of affiliated small producers exceeds 200,000.
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Coordinator of Fairtrade Latin America and the Caribbean (CLAC)
• CLAC stresses the important role played by small producers in the Fairtrade system.
• The CLAC also represents producers through product-specific networks in Banana, Cocoa, Coffee, Sugar, Juices and Fresh Fruit, and Honey
• www.clac-comerciojusto.org/
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All information contained in this presentation and more can be found in the full report, “Monitoring the Scope and Benefits of Fairtrade” (PDF) at www.fairtrade.net.
