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  • Olga Alvarado, coffee producer with COAQUIL Coop in Quiragüira, Intibucá, Honduras. Olga migrated to the US for eight years, working in McDonalds and Wendy’s burger joints to save up enough to buy a small plot of land in Honduras and return to grow coffee.
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  • Don Agustín López Rojas, president of the coop, shows a composting installation for the safe processing of coffee pulp into fertiliser by composting. Manos Campesinas is a Fairtrade-certified coffee producer based in Quetzaltenango and Retalhuleu, Guatemala
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  • A group of women coffee farmers near Barillas, Huehuetenango. They produce 'Feminine Coffee' grown and processed only by women and marketed through ASOBAGRI coffee coop that is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • Olga Alvarado, coffee producer with COAQUIL Coop in Quiragüira, Intibucá, Honduras, picks the ripest coffee cherries only, to produce the best quality coffee
    Honduras_Hawkey_20190624_428.jpg
  • Tea grows on bushes at Chirripeco coop. Asociación Chirripeco is a certified fairtrade producer based in Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Chirripec_20120309_...jpg
  • Workers at the COAQUIL coffee cooperative in Quiraguira, Intibucá, Honduras, carry sacks of coffee to a waiting lorry.
    Honduras_Hawkey_Fairtrade_20190212_4...jpg
  • Workers at the COAQUIL coffee cooperative in Quiraguira, Intibucá, Honduras, carry sacks of coffee to a waiting lorry.
    Honduras_Hawkey_Fairtrade_20190212_4...jpg
  • A woman collects blue eggs from her hens in Cacarica, Chocó, Colombia
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  • Coffee sacks for a Fairtrade shipment sit in the COAQUIL warehouse in Quiraguira, Intibucá, Honduras
    Honduras_Hawkey_Fairtrade_20190212_4...jpg
  • Arcadio de Jesus Ruiz Cardona is a coffee farmer in Santa Elena, Andes, Antioquia: "I'm 62 years old, 62 and a half"<br />
 <br />
"The technical support from the coop is useful, when they come we learn new things, me and my sons."<br />
<br />
"I’m inscribed in the BEPS programme, the pensions, it’s a sort of savings, we put some money in, the coop does and I do when I sell coffee, and then I can get money out, a collaboration, a pension, when I need it. I will be more secure in my old age.<br />
<br />
It means I can believe in a good future, no one could do that before. <br />
<br />
I worked for a company in Medellín for years, and my pension contributions from then would be lost, because they are out of date, but through the BEPS programme with the coop I can get that money too, which is good, knowing that it would be lost otherwise."<br />
<br />
The Fairtrade Premium is used by the Andes Coop in Antioquia, Colombia, to set up and run the BEPS pensions programme with its members.<br />
<br />
Here Arcadio speaks with technical staff from the Andes Coop on his farm.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Arcadio de Jesus Ruiz Cardona is a coffee farmer in Santa Elena, Andes, Antioquia: "I'm 62 years old, 62 and a half"<br />
 <br />
"The technical support from the coop is useful, when they come we learn new things, me and my sons."<br />
<br />
"I’m inscribed in the BEPS programme, the pensions, it’s a sort of savings, we put some money in, the coop does and I do when I sell coffee, and then I can get money out, a collaboration, a pension, when I need it. I will be more secure in my old age.<br />
<br />
It means I can believe in a good future, no one could do that before. <br />
<br />
I worked for a company in Medellín for years, and my pension contributions from then would be lost, because they are out of date, but through the BEPS programme with the coop I can get that money too, which is good, knowing that it would be lost otherwise."<br />
<br />
The Fairtrade Premium is used by the Andes Coop in Antioquia, Colombia, to set up and run the BEPS pensions programme with its members.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Arcadio de Jesus Ruiz Cardona is a coffee farmer in Santa Elena, Andes, Antioquia: "I'm 62 years old, 62 and a half"<br />
 <br />
"The technical support from the coop is useful, when they come we learn new things, me and my sons."<br />
<br />
"I’m inscribed in the BEPS programme, the pensions, it’s a sort of savings, we put some money in, the coop does and I do when I sell coffee, and then I can get money out, a collaboration, a pension, when I need it. I will be more secure in my old age.<br />
<br />
It means I can believe in a good future, no one could do that before. <br />
<br />
I worked for a company in Medellín for years, and my pension contributions from then would be lost, because they are out of date, but through the BEPS programme with the coop I can get that money too, which is good, knowing that it would be lost otherwise."<br />
<br />
The Fairtrade Premium is used by the Andes Coop in Antioquia, Colombia, to set up and run the BEPS pensions programme with its members.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Arcadio de Jesus Ruiz Cardona is a coffee farmer in Santa Elena, Andes, Antioquia: "I'm 62 years old, 62 and a half"<br />
 <br />
"The technical support from the coop is useful, when they come we learn new things, me and my sons."<br />
<br />
"I’m inscribed in the BEPS programme, the pensions, it’s a sort of savings, we put some money in, the coop does and I do when I sell coffee, and then I can get money out, a collaboration, a pension, when I need it. I will be more secure in my old age.<br />
<br />
It means I can believe in a good future, no one could do that before. <br />
<br />
I worked for a company in Medellín for years, and my pension contributions from then would be lost, because they are out of date, but through the BEPS programme with the coop I can get that money too, which is good, knowing that it would be lost otherwise."<br />
<br />
The Fairtrade Premium is used by the Andes Coop in Antioquia, Colombia, to set up and run the BEPS pensions programme with its members.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Arcadio de Jesus Ruiz Cardona is a coffee farmer in Santa Elena, Andes, Antioquia: "I'm 62 years old, 62 and a half"<br />
 <br />
"The technical support from the coop is useful, when they come we learn new things, me and my sons."<br />
<br />
"I’m inscribed in the BEPS programme, the pensions, it’s a sort of savings, we put some money in, the coop does and I do when I sell coffee, and then I can get money out, a collaboration, a pension, when I need it. I will be more secure in my old age.<br />
<br />
It means I can believe in a good future, no one could do that before. <br />
<br />
I worked for a company in Medellín for years, and my pension contributions from then would be lost, because they are out of date, but through the BEPS programme with the coop I can get that money too, which is good, knowing that it would be lost otherwise."<br />
<br />
The Fairtrade Premium is used by the Andes Coop in Antioquia, Colombia, to set up and run the BEPS pensions programme with its members.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Arcadio de Jesus Ruiz Cardona is a coffee farmer in Santa Elena, Andes, Antioquia: "I'm 62 years old, 62 and a half"<br />
 <br />
"The technical support from the coop is useful, when they come we learn new things, me and my sons."<br />
<br />
"I’m inscribed in the BEPS programme, the pensions, it’s a sort of savings, we put some money in, the coop does and I do when I sell coffee, and then I can get money out, a collaboration, a pension, when I need it. I will be more secure in my old age.<br />
<br />
It means I can believe in a good future, no one could do that before. <br />
<br />
I worked for a company in Medellín for years, and my pension contributions from then would be lost, because they are out of date, but through the BEPS programme with the coop I can get that money too, which is good, knowing that it would be lost otherwise."<br />
<br />
The Fairtrade Premium is used by the Andes Coop in Antioquia, Colombia, to set up and run the BEPS pensions programme with its members.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana is picking the earliest ripe coffee cherries on her farm.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana rests with her family on her porch.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana guides her mule with two coffee sacks ready for processing.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana guides her mule with two coffee sacks ready for processing.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana is picking the earliest ripe coffee cherries on her farm.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana loads her mule with two heavy coffee sacks.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana Cardona, 21, left, is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
This is Yuliana at the Universtiy of Antioquia, South East Section in the town of Andes.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana Cardona, 21, is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
This is Yuliana at the Universtiy of Antioquia, South East Section in the town of Andes.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana guides her mule with two coffee sacks ready for processing.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana keep her mule from bolting while two heavy coffee sacks are tied up on its back.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana is picking the earliest ripe coffee cherries on her farm.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana is picking the earliest ripe coffee cherries on her farm.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana lives on a farm about an hour's walk from the town of Andes where the coop is headquartered. Her father is one of 3,500 members aof the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.<br />
<br />
Here Yuliana keep her mule from bolting while two heavy coffee sacks are tied up on its back.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Ever Elajio Castro is the newly elected President of the Flor de Dalia coop. He lives on his farm in El Castillo, about 25km along a dirt road from La Dalia, Jinotega. His farm is about 6 manzanas of coffee, all organic catimor variety, and it's all sold as Fairtrade. The current coffee prices are around $100 a quintal sack on the market, but the Fairtrade price is $190 a quintal, including $20 that is paid to the coop as the Fairtrade Premium. Ever says that the benefit of Fairtrade isn't only the prices, the security they get from guaranteed prices, but there are big benefits environmentally, in terms of protecting water sources. "The coop doesn't have much capital" says Ever "so it really needs loans. If we don't have money available to pay for the work of production, we can easily end up having to sell to get quick cash, having to sell on the market, at low prices, and leaving the coop without the production it needs. So, loans allow us to keep members' production and it means we can sell at the Fairtrade price, it makes a huge difference getting loans from Root Capital".
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190618_792.jpg
  • Ever Elajio Castro is the newly elected President of the Flor de Dalia coop. He lives on his farm in El Castillo, about 25km along a dirt road from La Dalia, Jinotega. His farm is about 6 manzanas of coffee, all organic catimor variety, and it's all sold as Fairtrade. The current coffee prices are around $100 a quintal sack on the market, but the Fairtrade price is $190 a quintal, including $20 that is paid to the coop as the Fairtrade Premium. Ever says that the benefit of Fairtrade isn't only the prices, the security they get from guaranteed prices, but there are big benefits environmentally, in terms of protecting water sources. "The coop doesn't have much capital" says Ever "so it really needs loans. If we don't have money available to pay for the work of production, we can easily end up having to sell to get quick cash, having to sell on the market, at low prices, and leaving the coop without the production it needs. So, loans allow us to keep members' production and it means we can sell at the Fairtrade price, it makes a huge difference getting loans from Root Capital".
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190618_703.jpg
  • Yuliana Cardona, 21 lives on the high mountain slopes of San Pedro Abajo, Santa Rita in Antioquia, Colombia.<br />
<br />
Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana's father is one of 3,500 members of the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.  <br />
<br />
Here Yuliana is picking the earliest ripe coffee cherries on her farm.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana Cardona pushes back the sliding roof cover on her house to expose coffee that is drying.<br />
<br />
Yuliana Cardona, 21 lives on the high mountain slopes of San Pedro Abajo, Santa Rita in Antioquia, Colombia.<br />
<br />
Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
<br />
Yuliana's father is one of 3,500 members of the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Ever Elajio Castro is the newly elected President of the Flor de Dalia coop. He lives on his farm in El Castillo, about 25km along a dirt road from La Dalia, Jinotega. His farm is about 6 manzanas of coffee, all organic catimor variety, and it's all sold as Fairtrade. The current coffee prices are around $100 a quintal sack on the market, but the Fairtrade price is $190 a quintal, including $20 that is paid to the coop as the Fairtrade Premium. Ever says that the benefit of Fairtrade isn't only the prices, the security they get from guaranteed prices, but there are big benefits environmentally, in terms of protecting water sources. "The coop doesn't have much capital" says Ever "so it really needs loans. If we don't have money available to pay for the work of production, we can easily end up having to sell to get quick cash, having to sell on the market, at low prices, and leaving the coop without the production it needs. So, loans allow us to keep members' production and it means we can sell at the Fairtrade price, it makes a huge difference getting loans from Root Capital".
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190618_857.jpg
  • Ever Elajio Castro is the newly elected President of the Flor de Dalia coop. He lives on his farm in El Castillo, about 25km along a dirt road from La Dalia, Jinotega. His farm is about 6 manzanas of coffee, all organic catimor variety, and it's all sold as Fairtrade. The current coffee prices are around $100 a quintal sack on the market, but the Fairtrade price is $190 a quintal, including $20 that is paid to the coop as the Fairtrade Premium. Ever says that the benefit of Fairtrade isn't only the prices, the security they get from guaranteed prices, but there are big benefits environmentally, in terms of protecting water sources. "The coop doesn't have much capital" says Ever "so it really needs loans. If we don't have money available to pay for the work of production, we can easily end up having to sell to get quick cash, having to sell on the market, at low prices, and leaving the coop without the production it needs. So, loans allow us to keep members' production and it means we can sell at the Fairtrade price, it makes a huge difference getting loans from Root Capital".
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190618_778.jpg
  • Jairo Restrepo says he’s 110 years old, he laughs loudly, in fact, he has to calculate it, he’s 58. Recently, a mule fell on top of him. He was loading the mule with sacks of coffee from his farm, when the mule slipped on the steep incline of the mountain and got stuck on top of him with its legs in the air. “It could have killed me, but it gave me a hernia. It’s serious, Ave Maria! the pain is terrible.” He’s waiting for an operation to fix it. With the Fairtrade Premium the Andes Coop now makes regular contributions to the BEPS pension system for him, and additionally, when he sells coffee, the coop makes further contributions of 3% of the sales. “It’s better like this, when I sell the coffee, to make my contribution then, because I can’t make monthly contributions, my income is not monthly, it’s just when I get a harvest”. Aging coffee farmers, until now, have had poor health care, and no pension to look forward to. This is hard on the farmers, hard on their families, and it makes farming unattractive for young farmers. Coop administrators talk in worried terms about problems of 'generational takeover’ as young people abandon farming in large numbers. The BEPS system gives farmers better access to health care, such as hernia operations, and will provide a bi-monthly income to retired farmers. Don Jairo reflects: “man, coffee farming is tough. Sometimes I’m completely skint, sometimes we have long spells when we don’t eat three times a day, we don’t eat properly. Sometimes my clothes are torn, and my clothes stay torn, I can’t even afford a second-hand shirt. And, I tell you, I’ve worked like a bull all my life, I’ve had no Sundays, no bank holidays, no holidays. I have to go up the mountain, every day, that’s what I’ve had to do, that’s what I’ve got to do now, hacking a living out of the mountain. And what have I got now?” he laughs “a hernia!”. “What can I tell you, a pension makes a big difference for us, i
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Jairo Restrepo says he’s 110 years old, he laughs loudly, in fact, he has to calculate it, he’s 58. Recently, a mule fell on top of him. He was loading the mule with sacks of coffee from his farm, when the mule slipped on the steep incline of the mountain and got stuck on top of him with its legs in the air. “It could have killed me, but it gave me a hernia. It’s serious, Ave Maria! the pain is terrible.” He’s waiting for an operation to fix it. With the Fairtrade Premium the Andes Coop now makes regular contributions to the BEPS pension system for him, and additionally, when he sells coffee, the coop makes further contributions of 3% of the sales. “It’s better like this, when I sell the coffee, to make my contribution then, because I can’t make monthly contributions, my income is not monthly, it’s just when I get a harvest”. Aging coffee farmers, until now, have had poor health care, and no pension to look forward to. This is hard on the farmers, hard on their families, and it makes farming unattractive for young farmers. Coop administrators talk in worried terms about problems of 'generational takeover’ as young people abandon farming in large numbers. The BEPS system gives farmers better access to health care, such as hernia operations, and will provide a bi-monthly income to retired farmers. Don Jairo reflects: “man, coffee farming is tough. Sometimes I’m completely skint, sometimes we have long spells when we don’t eat three times a day, we don’t eat properly. Sometimes my clothes are torn, and my clothes stay torn, I can’t even afford a second-hand shirt. And, I tell you, I’ve worked like a bull all my life, I’ve had no Sundays, no bank holidays, no holidays. I have to go up the mountain, every day, that’s what I’ve had to do, that’s what I’ve got to do now, hacking a living out of the mountain. And what have I got now?” he laughs “a hernia!”. “What can I tell you, a pension makes a big difference for us, i
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Jairo Restrepo says he’s 110 years old, he laughs loudly, in fact, he has to calculate it, he’s 58. Recently, a mule fell on top of him. He was loading the mule with sacks of coffee from his farm, when the mule slipped on the steep incline of the mountain and got stuck on top of him with its legs in the air. “It could have killed me, but it gave me a hernia. It’s serious, Ave Maria! the pain is terrible.” He’s waiting for an operation to fix it. With the Fairtrade Premium the Andes Coop now makes regular contributions to the BEPS pension system for him, and additionally, when he sells coffee, the coop makes further contributions of 3% of the sales. “It’s better like this, when I sell the coffee, to make my contribution then, because I can’t make monthly contributions, my income is not monthly, it’s just when I get a harvest”. Aging coffee farmers, until now, have had poor health care, and no pension to look forward to. This is hard on the farmers, hard on their families, and it makes farming unattractive for young farmers. Coop administrators talk in worried terms about problems of 'generational takeover’ as young people abandon farming in large numbers. The BEPS system gives farmers better access to health care, such as hernia operations, and will provide a bi-monthly income to retired farmers. Don Jairo reflects: “man, coffee farming is tough. Sometimes I’m completely skint, sometimes we have long spells when we don’t eat three times a day, we don’t eat properly. Sometimes my clothes are torn, and my clothes stay torn, I can’t even afford a second-hand shirt. And, I tell you, I’ve worked like a bull all my life, I’ve had no Sundays, no bank holidays, no holidays. I have to go up the mountain, every day, that’s what I’ve had to do, that’s what I’ve got to do now, hacking a living out of the mountain. And what have I got now?” he laughs “a hernia!”. “What can I tell you, a pension makes a big difference for us, i
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Yuliana Cardona, 21 lives on the high mountain slopes of San Pedro Abajo, Santa Rita in Antioquia, Colombia.<br />
<br />
Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
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Yuliana's father is one of 3,500 members of the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.  <br />
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Here Yuliana uses her mule "Cotolo" to move bananas. The bananas are grown to shade the coffee on her farm.
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  • Yuliana Cardona, 21 lives on the high mountain slopes of San Pedro Abajo, Santa Rita in Antioquia, Colombia.<br />
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Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
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Yuliana's father is one of 3,500 members of the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.  <br />
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Here Yuliana rakes over coffee that is drying on the roof of her house.
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  • Yuliana Cardona on the porch of her farm house near Andes, Antioquia.<br />
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Yuliana Cardona, 21 lives on the high mountain slopes of San Pedro Abajo, Santa Rita in Antioquia, Colombia.<br />
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Yuliana is one of 950 students who have been subsidised with the Fairtrade Premium through the Andes Coop to study at university. She is studying for a degree in agriculture. So far, the Andes coffee-producing coop has spent $1.5 million on the programme.<br />
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Yuliana's father is one of 3,500 members of the coop. Any coop member, their partner or children can take part in the superior education programme.
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  • CAMAYE is a Fairtrade-certified coop that produces cocoa. It is based in Abengourou in Ivory Coast. The coop membership doubled from 900 to 1,800 members in 2015. The coop spent its first Fairtrade premium payment last year on buying fertilizer for the members, scholarships for members and their children, and the repair of a village well. Along with four other coops, CAMAYE has recently set up a clinic for farmers, who only have to pay 20% of the cost of the medical consultations and treatment.
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  • Alique Deque, works in the pharmacy at the Clinique du Planteur. CAMAYE is a Fairtrade-certified coop that produces cocoa. It is based in Abengourou in Ivory Coast. The coop membership doubled from 900 to 1,800 members in 2015. The coop spent its first Fairtrade premium payment last year on buying fertilizer for the members, scholarships for members and their children, and the repair of a village well. Along with four other coops, CAMAYE has recently set up a clinic for farmers, who only have to pay 20% of the cost of the medical consultations and treatment.
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  • Maria Teresa Polanco at the Santo Domingo Coop, Telpaneca, Nicaragua. MAria Teresa produces coffee on a small plot of land and is a member of the coop. The coop is a certified organic Fairtrade producer.
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  • CAMAYE is a Fairtrade-certified coop that produces cocoa. It is based in Abengourou in Ivory Coast. The coop membership doubled from 900 to 1,800 members in 2015. The coop spent its first Fairtrade premium payment last year on buying fertilizer for the members, scholarships for members and their children, and the repair of a village well. Along with four other coops, CAMAYE has recently set up a clinic for farmers, who only have to pay 20% of the cost of the medical consultations and treatment.
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  • CAMAYE is a Fairtrade-certified coop that produces cocoa. It is based in Abengourou in Ivory Coast. The coop membership doubled from 900 to 1,800 members in 2015. The coop spent its first Fairtrade premium payment last year on buying fertilizer for the members, scholarships for members and their children, and the repair of a village well. Along with four other coops, CAMAYE has recently set up a clinic for farmers, who only have to pay 20% of the cost of the medical consultations and treatment.
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  • An Andes Coop member pours red coffee berries into a manual depulping machine in a village near the town of Andes. While much of the depulping is still done by hand, or by small machines, the coop has invested millions to build a state-of-the-art processing mill that takes coffee in berries, instead of coffee processed by hand. This will allow the coop to closely control quality and improve profits by producing more high-quality coffee.
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  • Roasted coffee at the Flor del Pino Coop. The women's group at the Flor del Pino Coop have been supported by Finnish Fairtrade to set up a coffee roaster, increasing the ability of the coop to add value to their work.
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  • SOCAAN is a Fairtrade-certified coop based in Adzope, Ivory Coast. It has nearly 2,000 members in 14 sections. The coop manager is a woman. The coop spent half of the Fairtrade premium for 2015 in cash bonuses to members, and half on building a school, creating a large cocoa plant nursery, GPS mapping for forecasting and the purchase of trucks for transporting cocoa.
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  • Bayron Sanchez is a coffee cupper, roaster, and in charge of technical support for the Solidaridad coop. Here Bayron is toasting coffee produced by the coop. The Solidaridad coffee-producing cooperative is based in Aranjuez, Matagalpa, with 63 producer members, including 19 women. The coop is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • Roasted coffee at the Flor del Pino Coop. The women's group at the Flor del Pino Coop have been supported by Finnish Fairtrade to set up a coffee roaster, increasing the ability of the coop to add value to their work.
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  • Alexander Contreras is one of the Andes Coop's coffee cuppers. He is the son of a coop member and coffee farmer and has studied and trained for the job over a period of years. A good cupper is essential for rooting out any defects in coffee and for identifying special coffees with valuable profiles, making sure that the maximum value for the coffee is reached, and that buyers are never disappointed. Alexander works in the four tasting laboratories that the coop has in Antioquia.<br />
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Here Alexander is testing the fragrance of the ground coffee.<br />
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Speciality coffee and coffees with a prized cupping profile can reach much higher prices. Coffee with defects reaches a lower price, often on the national market only.
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  • Alexander Contreras is one of the Andes Coop's coffee cuppers. He is the son of a coop member and coffee farmer and has studied and trained for the job over a period of years. A good cupper is essential for rooting out any defects in coffee and for identifying special coffees with valuable profiles, making sure that the maximum value for the coffee is reached, and that buyers are never disappointed. Alexander works in the four tasting laboratories that the coop has in Antioquia.<br />
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Here Alexander is testing the fragrance of the ground coffee.<br />
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Speciality coffee and coffees with a prized cupping profile can reach much higher prices. Coffee with defects reaches a lower price, often on the national market only.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Alexander Contreras is one of the Andes Coop's coffee cuppers. He is the son of a coop member and coffee farmer and has studied and trained for the job over a period of years. A good cupper is essential for rooting out any defects in coffee and for identifying special coffees with valuable profiles, making sure that the maximum value for the coffee is reached, and that buyers are never disappointed. Alexander works in the four tasting laboratories that the coop has in Antioquia.<br />
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Here Alexander is testing the fragrance of the ground coffee.<br />
<br />
Speciality coffee and coffees with a prized cupping profile can reach much higher prices. Coffee with defects reaches a lower price, often on the national market only.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Alexander Contreras is one of the Andes Coop's coffee cuppers. He is the son of a coop member and coffee farmer and has studied and trained for the job over a period of years. A good cupper is essential for rooting out any defects in coffee and for identifying special coffees with valuable profiles, making sure that the maximum value for the coffee is reached, and that buyers are never disappointed. Alexander works in the four tasting laboratories that the coop has in Antioquia.<br />
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Here Alexander is testing the fragrance of the ground coffee.<br />
<br />
Speciality coffee and coffees with a prized cupping profile can reach much higher prices. Coffee with defects reaches a lower price, often on the national market only.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Alexander Contreras is one of the Andes Coop's coffee cuppers. He is the son of a coop member and coffee farmer and has studied and trained for the job over a period of years. A good cupper is essential for rooting out any defects in coffee and for identifying special coffees with valuable profiles, making sure that the maximum value for the coffee is reached, and that buyers are never disappointed. Alexander works in the four tasting laboratories that the coop has in Antioquia.
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  • Alexander Contreras is one of the Andes Coop's coffee cuppers. He is the son of a coop member and coffee farmer and has studied and trained for the job over a period of years. A good cupper is essential for rooting out any defects in coffee and for identifying special coffees with valuable profiles, making sure that the maximum value for the coffee is reached, and that buyers are never disappointed. Alexander works in the four tasting laboratories that the coop has in Antioquia.
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  • A coffee cupping workshop at the Tierra Nueva Coop coffee laboratory. Here Olinda Duarte tests for fragrance in a variety of coffee samples. During the workshop members of the coop staff learn how to rate coffee with the assistance of a specialist cupper. Tierra Nueva coop in Boaco, Nicaragua, has more than 500 producer members, and is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • Mixing organic fertiliser at the Santo Domingo Coop, Telpaneca, Nicaragua. The fertiliser is made from a mixture of animal dung, composted waste from the coffee plantation, and banana plants. The fertiliser is put into sacks and used by the coop. The coop is a certified organic Fairtrade producer.
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  • Pedro Agustín Redoy González is a coffee farmer and member of Aldea Global coop, here he inspects his coffee nursery with the help of Marcos García, technical staff at the coop. Aldea Global is a Fairtrade-certified coop that produces coffee in the Jinotega region of Nicaragua.
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  • Roasted coffee at the Flor del Pino Coop. The women's group at the Flor del Pino Coop have been supported by Finnish Fairtrade to set up a coffee roaster, increasing the ability of the coop to add value to their work.
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  • Roasted coffee at the Flor del Pino Coop. The women's group at the Flor del Pino Coop have been supported by Finnish Fairtrade to set up a coffee roaster, increasing the ability of the coop to add value to their work.
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  • Jairo Donato, agronomist technician at the coop, stands in front of a banner for the coop. Cooperativa Las Canoas is a Fairtrade-certified vegetable producer in San Miguel Las Canoas, Sololá, Guatemala. Some 90 indigenous Kaqchikel farmers make up the coop.
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  • Alexander Contreras is one of the Andes Coop's coffee cuppers. He is the son of a coop member and coffee farmer and has studied and trained for the job over a period of years. A good cupper is essential for rooting out any defects in coffee and for identifying special coffees with valuable profiles, making sure that the maximum value for the coffee is reached, and that buyers are never disappointed. Alexander works in the four tasting laboratories that the coop has in Antioquia.<br />
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Here Alexander is testing the fragrance of the ground coffee.<br />
<br />
Speciality coffee and coffees with a prized cupping profile can reach much higher prices. Coffee with defects reaches a lower price, often on the national market only.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Alexander Contreras is one of the Andes Coop's coffee cuppers. He is the son of a coop member and coffee farmer and has studied and trained for the job over a period of years. A good cupper is essential for rooting out any defects in coffee and for identifying special coffees with valuable profiles, making sure that the maximum value for the coffee is reached, and that buyers are never disappointed. Alexander works in the four tasting laboratories that the coop has in Antioquia.<br />
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Here Alexander is testing the fragrance of the ground coffee.<br />
<br />
Speciality coffee and coffees with a prized cupping profile can reach much higher prices. Coffee with defects reaches a lower price, often on the national market only.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Alexander Contreras is one of the Andes Coop's coffee cuppers. He is the son of a coop member and coffee farmer and has studied and trained for the job over a period of years. A good cupper is essential for rooting out any defects in coffee and for identifying special coffees with valuable profiles, making sure that the maximum value for the coffee is reached, and that buyers are never disappointed. Alexander works in the four tasting laboratories that the coop has in Antioquia.<br />
<br />
Here Alexander is testing the fragrance of the ground coffee.<br />
<br />
Speciality coffee and coffees with a prized cupping profile can reach much higher prices. Coffee with defects reaches a lower price, often on the national market only.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • Alexander Contreras is one of the Andes Coop's coffee cuppers. He is the son of a coop member and coffee farmer and has studied and trained for the job over a period of years. A good cupper is essential for rooting out any defects in coffee and for identifying special coffees with valuable profiles, making sure that the maximum value for the coffee is reached, and that buyers are never disappointed. Alexander works in the four tasting laboratories that the coop has in Antioquia.<br />
<br />
Here Alexander is testing the fragrance of the ground coffee.<br />
<br />
Speciality coffee and coffees with a prized cupping profile can reach much higher prices. Coffee with defects reaches a lower price, often on the national market only.
    Colombia_Hawkey_FT_Antioquia_2017090...jpg
  • An Andes Coop member pours red coffee berries into a manual depulping machine in a village near the town of Andes. While much of the depulping is still done by hand, or by small machines, the coop has invested millions to build a state-of-the-art processing mill that takes coffee in berries, instead of coffee processed by hand. This will allow the coop to closely control quality and improve profits by producing more high-quality coffee.
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  • Lucia Muñoz picking the first ripe coffee beans at the Santo Domingo Coop, Telpaneca, Nicaragua. The coop is a certified organic Fairtrade producer.
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  • Yamileth Nestoza Polanco carrying a coffee basket at the Santo Domingo Coop, Telpaneca, Nicaragua.The coop is a certified organic Fairtrade producer.
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  • Mountain view from the Santo Domingo Coop, Telpaneca, Nicaragua. The coop is a certified organic Fairtrade producer.
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  • Katy Valeska Paguaga Salinas and her father Don Pedro Antonio Paguaga Miranda work on their diversified farm that has several acres of coffee. Katy and her father are members of the Caja Rural Coop, San Juan de Rio Coco, Nicaragua. The coop is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • Members of the Santo Domingo Coop, Telpaneca, Nicaragua, deliver coffee to the coop warehouse and the coffee is weighed and checked as they receive it.
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  • Members of the Santo Domingo Coop, Telpaneca, CPCO, meeting in the coop's warehouse.
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  • Mario Roberto Fernández, coffee farmer with Montaña Verde coffee cooperative, San Luis Planes, Santa Barbara, Honduras. “The damages we’ve had here from the two hurricanes, on top of the pandemic, we’ve seen damages to housing, roads and farms. There’s a combination of problems together. We are very worried, because we can’t see how we’ll get through the year and deliver coffee to our clients, even to get the coffee out of the area. We’ve had losses, we’ve done some analysis in the coop, we’ve completely lost 40 manzanas, the loss of houses. The damage to coffee includes a lot of coffee that dropped while it was green, leaf loss that stops the growth of the coffee beans, and that lowers production and quality, and then we are already suffering from fungal diseases on the farms: anthracnose, coffee tree leaf rust, American coffee leaf spot. Climate change is affecting us in different ways, the rains come when we don’t expect them, then don’t come when we expect them. On my farm there was a lot of leaf loss and green coffee that dropped. In many cases it won’t be worthwhile picking the coffee if the growth is affected and there is damage to the coffee beans. Across the whole coop there will be a big loss, and the economy here will be badly affected.
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  • Women cocoa farmers with the SCINPA coop help run a large cocoa nursery. As climate change is causing droughts that are killing off large quantities of cocoa trees, the coop set up the nursery to grow replacement trees. The nursery is run only by women.
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  • Coffee is categorised for testing at the Solidaridad coop. The Solidaridad coffee-producing cooperative is based in Aranjuez, Matagalpa, with 63 producer members, including 19 women. The coop is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • Rosa Sarmientos, member of the women's group at the Flor del Pino Coop. The women's group has been supported by Finnish Fairtrade to set up a coffee roaster, increasing the ability of the coop to add value to their work.
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  • A coop worker shovels worm compost made with coffee pulp. This compost produces good fertiliser which is used across the coop, and it deals in a safe way with the byproducts of the coffee production process.
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  • Las Lajas coop is a member of UCRAPROBEX coop, and is retains buildings with colonial architecture. UCRAPROBEX a certified Fairtrade producer based in El Salvador.
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  • The new central processing mill for Andes coop was built in Farallones, Antioquia at 1280msm. The mill was recently inaugurated and was built with money from the Fairtrade Premium. The mill standardises processing and allows the coop to improve quality of final product by eliminating variations and defects in processing that happens when farmers process their own coffee. By doing this they can improve the income for the farmers. The mill can process 90,000 kg/day and also has a water treatment plant.
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  • CAYAWE coop is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer based in Aniassue in the Ivory Coast. The coop has nearly 1,500 members and can produce around 5,000 tons of cocoa a year. With the Fairtrade premium from 2015, amongst other things, CAYAWE built a high school for up to 210 students and drilled six wells.
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  • CAYAWE coop is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer based in Aniassue in the Ivory Coast. The coop has nearly 1,500 members and can produce around 5,000 tons of cocoa a year. With the Fairtrade premium from 2015, amongst other things, CAYAWE built a high school for up to 210 students and drilled six wells.
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  • CAYAWE coop is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer based in Aniassue in the Ivory Coast. The coop has nearly 1,500 members and can produce around 5,000 tons of cocoa a year. With the Fairtrade premium from 2015, amongst other things, CAYAWE built a high school for up to 210 students and drilled six wells.
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  • CAYAWE coop is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer based in Aniassue in the Ivory Coast. The coop has nearly 1,500 members and can produce around 5,000 tons of cocoa a year. With the Fairtrade premium from 2015, amongst other things, CAYAWE built a high school for up to 210 students and drilled six wells.
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  • CAYAWE coop is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer based in Aniassue in the Ivory Coast. The coop has nearly 1,500 members and can produce around 5,000 tons of cocoa a year. With the Fairtrade premium from 2015, amongst other things, CAYAWE built a high school for up to 210 students and drilled six wells.
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  • CAYAWE coop is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer based in Aniassue in the Ivory Coast. The coop has nearly 1,500 members and can produce around 5,000 tons of cocoa a year. With the Fairtrade premium from 2015, amongst other things, CAYAWE built a high school for up to 210 students and drilled six wells.
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  • CAYAWE coop is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer based in Aniassue in the Ivory Coast. The coop has nearly 1,500 members and can produce around 5,000 tons of cocoa a year. With the Fairtrade premium from 2015, amongst other things, CAYAWE built a high school for up to 210 students and drilled six wells.
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  • Sermé Doumbia. CAYAWE coop is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer based in Aniassue in the Ivory Coast. The coop has nearly 1,500 members and can produce around 5,000 tons of cocoa a year. With the Fairtrade premium from 2015, amongst other things, CAYAWE built a high school for up to 210 students and drilled six wells.
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  • At the CAYAWE coop in Aniassue in the Ivory Coast, women chaff cocoa beans at the end of a day drying them in the sun. The coop has nearly 1,500 members and can produce around 5,000 tons of cocoa a year. With the Fairtrade premium from 2015, amongst other things, CAYAWE built a high school for up to 210 students and drilled six wells.
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  • SCINPA is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa-producing coop in Agboville, Ivory Coast. SCINPA has 2,500 members with farms mainly between 5 and 10 hectares. Their members earn around 90% of their income from cocoa and their harvests have recently been badly affected by climate change and drought. The coop is using Fairtrade premium payments for building schools, to help eliminate child labour in the area, and they hope to provide potable water to all the local villages in the future.
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  • A freshly-cracked-open cocoa pod showing the cocoa beans nestled in delicate white pulp. SCINPA is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa-producing coop in Agboville, Ivory Coast. SCINPA has 2,500 members with farms mainly between 5 and 10 hectares. Their members earn around 90% of their income from cocoa and their harvests have recently been badly affected by climate change and drought. The coop is using Fairtrade premium payments for building schools, to help eliminate child labour in the area, and they hope to provide potable water to all the local villages in the future.
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  • Coffee drying on a patio at the UCCEI coop, Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Fairtrade is an alternative approach to conventional trade and is based on a partnership between producers and consumers. The coop is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • David Guido, warehouse manager at UCCEI coop, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, in front of a heap of coffee parchment or husks near the coffee mill. The coop is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • Workers carry incoming coffee to be weighed at the UCCEI coop, Matagalpa, Nicaragua. The coop is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • Coffee drying at Tierra Nueva coop drying patio. Tierra Nueva coop in Boaco, Nicaragua, has more than 500 producer members, and is fairtrade-certified.
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  • Mountain view from the Santo Domingo Coop, Telpaneca, Nicaragua. The coop is a certified organic Fairtrade producer.
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  • A CECOSEMAC Coop member shows worms from his organic composter. Central de Cooperativas de Servicios Múltiples “Aromas del Café”, CECOSEMAC, is a Fairtrade-certified coffee-producing coop based in Matagalpa and Jinotega, Nicaragua.
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  • José Santos Espinoza, a member of the coop counts his payment for cocoa beans delivered to the coop. Cooperativa de Servicios Agroforestal y Comercialización de Cacao, CACAONICA, is located in Waslala, Nicaragua and is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • Maritza Sanchez, 22, is picking coffee on a farm at El Balsamo that is part of the Arca de Noe Coop. The coffee-producing coop Arca de Noe in San Juan de Rio Coco, Nicaragua, is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • Judelín Reyes Hernandez, 8, sits on her porch in front of her garden. Her father is a member of the Aldea Global coop. Aldea Global is a Fairtrade-certified coop that produces coffee in the Jinotega region of Nicaragua.
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