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1 Designer – Isaac Takyi Information Point on Fair Trade Introduction Fair trade is about? better prices decent working conditions local sustainability, fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world Mainly helping producers in less developed countries get good prices for raw materials. You can help this cause by buying fair trade products locally. This information point will help you learn more and where to buy those products.

2 Facts and Figures Different type of products from the same country Profiles of Two Producers from different countries with benefits to their communites Details of local sources of fair trade products Advert for fair trade event

3 Designer – Isaac Takyi Facts and Figures In the UK, sales of Fairtrade products in 2012 reached £1.5 billion – an 18 per cent increase on the previous year 78 per cent of consumers recognise the FAIRTRADE Mark One in every three bananas sold in the UK is Fairtradebananas 40 per cent of bagged sugar sold in the UK is Fairtrade certified Just over 26 per cent of all roast and ground retail coffee in the UK is Fairtrade certified Fairtrade products are now sold in more than 120 countries The FAIRTRADE Mark is the most widely-recognised ethical label globally

4 Designer – Isaac Takyi Different type of products from one country

5 Profiles of two producers from different countries and their communities benefit Dalbir Singh - India Joyce Chibouro - Malawi He grows rice in India He now sells to a fair trade company called Agrocel who give him a fair price, interest free credit and advice Before he sold to a middle man and he did’nt get fair prices and had to pay interest on loans Benefits- He has money for medicine and education for his family. Joyce is a member of Kasinthula Cane Growers Ltd in Malawi, which supplies Traidcraft with sugar. Its sugar became Fairtrade certified in 2003 and they have received significant fair trade orders. Her and her family will have electricity for the first time thanks to the fair trade programme The Fairtrade premium is helping farmers to install boreholes in their villages, which have relied on contaminated water supplies from the crocodile-infested Shire River. It has also enabled farmers to prepare for recent food shortages and continue to feed their families.

6 Designer – Isaac Takyi Details of local sources of fair trade products PlaceProductPicturesLocation Tesco Fairtrade Fruits with Alphonso Mango Smoothie 1 Glover Drive Upper Edmonton Londo n Greater London N18 3HF England AsdaKit Kat 4 Finger Fair Trade 1 West Mall Edmonton N9 0AL Sainsbury’sSainsbury's Loose Fairtrade Bananas 28-48 Northumberland Park Tottenham N17 0TX

7 Designer – Isaac Takyi Fair trade advert


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