Fair Trade Fortnight 2011 - watch this!

Case study on Fair Trade:

Include the following: 

• Named location / project, you could add a map
• A description of the project / details of how it works
• The benefits (social, economic, environmental)
• Comment on how projects such as this can help to reduce the imbalance of world trade.

Read this article - are there disadvantages to your Fair trade project too? 

Some links to investigate...

Start by making sure you know what fair trade is - answers to even more questionshere too!

The Fair Trade Foundation - click on the 'PRODUCERS' tab to find case studies that you could select from.

Cotton Farmers in Mali - how have they benefitted from fair trade?  Where is Mali?  What is its level of development?

Fair Trade Fashion - People Tree -  be very clear about the importance of purchasing a fair trade produce - use this website to get you started ]: Consider the social, environmental and economic benefits.

A message from George Alagiah

It is not just about fair trade fashion - have a look at this table of data.  You could research into other fair trade products - use this link as a starting point...

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Green and Blacks

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