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MAKE A #WAVEOFHOPE TO SHOW G7 WHY CLIMATE JUSTICE MATTERS FOR FARMERS
#WaveOfHope #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #Fairtrade. The global Fairtrade community is challenging national leaders to at a minimum deliver on an unfulfilled…
![Two women working in a tree nursery, in Kenya](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Climate-Academy-Kenya-coffee-2-credit-Fairtrade-Netherlands-and-FI-cropped-768x428.jpg)
Fairtrade launches coffee farmers’ guide to battling climate change
Fairtrade Africa has developed a Climate Academy Guide for coffee farmers in Eastern and Central Africa to enable them to…
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Britain’s best-loved children’s illustrators join Fairtrade Foundation and over 75 other UK charities in campaign calling on government to Crack the Crises as G7 approaches
Some of Britain’s best-loved illustrators including Quentin Blake Lauren Child Diane Ewen Jim Field and Nick Sharratt have added their…
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A brighter future for migrant banana workers in the Dominican Republic
Thousands of undocumented migrants working on banana farms and plantations in the Dominican Republic can look forward to a brighter…
![Beatrice Boakye, cocoa farmer in Ghana, drying her cocoa beans](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Beatrice-Boakye-cocoa-farmer-in-Ghana-drying-her-cocoa-beans-768x432.jpg)
Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund supports thousands of women to improve their income in cocoa growing communities
The new ‘Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund’ designed to protect cocoa farmer livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic is providing grants that…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana awarded seed capital to diversify their incomes in climate smart ventures
New research identifies most effective climate smart enterprises to generate extra income for cocoa famers
![Genrri Herrera, president of the Fairtrade Organic cooperative COCREBISTOL in Honduras](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Genrri-cupping-768x512.jpg)
A beautiful blend: Fairtrade organic coffee stirs up change for forest conservation
LEON has launched its Fairtrade organic coffee across Sainsbury’s stores nationwide this week and every bag sold will protect 4m2…
![Portrait of Ángel Guzmán Santana working on his banana farm](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Angel-Guzman-Santana-portrait-in-banana-farm-2020-banner-768x432.jpg)
‘Our workers can now work safely’: one year later, Fairtrade COVID Fund continues to deliver significant impact for farmers
More than 500 000 farmers and agricultural workers in nearly 60 countries across the globe are reaping the benefits of…
![Dah Oho cuts a yellow cocoa pod from a cocoa tree](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dah-Oho-cutting-cocoa-pods-from-tree-768x432.jpg)
As cocoa prices fall in Côte d’Ivoire, Fairtrade urges EU for cocoa sector regulation to recognise the right to living income
The European Commission and European governments must commit to recognising living incomes in forthcoming human rights due diligence regulation for the European cocoa and chocolate sector, Fairtrade has urged.
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Fairtrade Foundation applauds UK government’s move to tighten climate targets and include international aviation and shipping in climate laws
20 April 2021. . The UK government’s ambitious move to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035 and to include…