Fairtrade

Question 1

what is fairtrade

Answer 1

to help producers in LICs to achieve better access to markets including fair prices and benefit from sustainable farming practices

Question 2

evolution of fairtrade

Answer 2

were initially sold through small specialist stores but now sold in mainstream stores

Question 3

how many products have fairtrade licencing

Answer 3

more than 27,000

Question 4

what type of products are there standards for?

Answer 4

Tea, coffee, wine, bananas, footballs, cotton and jewellry

Question 5

how does fairtrade cover trading standards?

Answer 5

fairtrade premium and a fairtrade maximum ensuring support is there but also with an addition of money to support investment in infrastructure etc

Question 6

what is a fairtrade minimum?

Answer 6

a price aiming to ensure that producers can cover their average costs of sustainable production

Question 7

what is a fairtrade premium?

Answer 7

additional money going to communal funds to support development socially and economically

Question 8

benefits of fairtrade:

Answer 8

stable prices for producers
partnerships in decisions
empowerment of producers
improvement of sustainable environmental practices

Question 9

problems of fairtrade:

Answer 9

profits are held in the country where products are purchased e.g in caffes
certification is an extra cost to farmers
not all standards are enforced
farmers must be educated to see the benefits

Question 10

Fairtrade success, Nicaragua coffee: What does Nicaragua’s economy rely on

Answer 10

exports of cash crops

Question 11

Fairtrade success, Nicaragua coffee: what demographic are the majority of the coffee growers?

Answer 11

small-scale farmers who lack the resources to sell beyond their local area

Question 12

Fairtrade success, Nicaragua coffee: What is the farming co-operative which has over 2,000 members called?

Answer 12

Prodecoop

Question 13

Fairtrade success, Nicaragua coffee: who does fairtrade support in Nicaragua?

Answer 13

Prodecoop

Question 14

Fairtrade success, Nicaragua coffee: what has Prodecoop used its fairtrade money for?

Answer 14

construction of schools and healthcare
scholarship for education of farmers
books and backpacks for 2,000 children

Question 15

Fairtrade disaster, Banana farming DRC: What scale is the banana farming in the DRC?

Answer 15

its the largest supplier of bananas to the UK, over half of their crop is sent to the UK

Question 16

Fairtrade disaster, Banana farming DRC: what went wrong?

Answer 16

it was found that the plants relied on illegal Haitian workers who were paid little and force to work in slum conditions

Question 17

Fairtrade disaster, Banana farming DRC: What conditions did the illegal Haitians work/live in?

Answer 17

in corrugated iron huts
no access to water or electricity
no toilets
salary of £4 a day which is only enough to afford one meal a day