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© Sean Hawkey
At the end of 2011,
348 producer organizations
in 28 countries worldwide
held a Fairtrade certificate
for coffee.
© Bernhard Moser
Coffee beans being picked at
CECOCAFEN, Nicaragua
Around 80% of
Fairtrade coffee is produced
by small farmers in Latin
America.
© Didier Gentilhomme
Worker from COOPASV,
Brazil, removing leaves
from harvested coffee.
Over 75% of the world’s coffee is produced by smallholders.
Fairtrade provides a Minimum Price for Arabica and Robusta
coffee to help producers guard against volatile markets.
Coffee producers also benefit from the Fairtrade Premium paid
directly to the producer organization and used for community
improvements.
In addition, Fairtrade provides regular training for organizations
to help them manage risk and improve their businesses.
© Sean Hawkey
Joel Alfredo is in charge of health care in the
Los Pinos Cooperative (El Salvador). Health
care at Los Pinos is supported with the
Fairtrade Premium.
© Sean Hawkey
© Didier Gentilhomme
COOPFAM, Brazil:
Fairtrade Premium funds
covered the cost of a GPS
device required for the
mapping of each farm.
Engineer
Maises and
technician Lucas
in the process of
updating the
map.
© Linus Hallgren
Cidora Samaniego
(CEPICAFÉ Peru)
harvesting coffee.
© Bernhard Moser
In 2011, the prices for Arabica coffee skyrocketed enabling
Fairtrade producers to achieve a 46 % increase in total
Fairtrade sales income compared with 2009–10.
However, the volatile prices also posed
particular challenges for producer
organizations in their management of
coffee supply, price risk, and contracts.
Fairtrade delivered training to more than 200 producer organizations in
different countries to encourage proactive risk management.
Additionally, in July 2011, Fairtrade International implemented a ‘Coffee
Help Desk’, which offers producers and buyers advice on coffee contracts,
mediation and good commercial practices. The training and support has
paid off during the 2012-2013 harvests as prices for coffee have fallen more
than 50% to less than half of their 2011 highs.
© Sean Hawkey