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Going further for fairtrade

Posted by: Michael Gidney, Posted on: 8 March 2013 - Categories: Development Debates, Economic Development

In 2013 we are asking everyone to Go Further For Fairtrade. This is the message during Fairtrade Fortnight (25 Feb – 10 March). In particular we will be focusing on food and the crucial role of smallholders, so that together, …

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Fairtrade Fortnight - why take a step?

Posted by: Harriet Lamb, Posted on: 27 February 2012 - Categories: Development Debates, Economic Development

This dreary February has been brightened up for me by my new-found joy and addiction to 'Borgen', the Danish political thriller with a wonderful, powerful woman Prime Minister. It's even better than my other, and laugh-out-loud, favourite, 'In the Loop'. …

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Fairtrade: a better future for Kenya's farmers

Posted by: Peter Marks, Posted on: 25 July 2011 - Categories: Development Debates, Economic Development, Kenya

Towards the end of last year, I was privileged to visit Africa with Harriet Lamb, Executive Director of the Fairtrade Foundation, to see for myself the benefits Fairtrade is bringing to growers and their families in South Africa and Kenya. …

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