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  • Cristian Gusmán Merlos, young coffee farmer, manager of Fundación Entre Mujeres, community organiser, farming and Fairtrade coffee advisor. Cristian works with the Central De Cooperativas 'Las Diosas' - the Godesses - that has 270 women farmer members.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_Las Diosas_20140811...jpg
  • Mamtuben Papybhai Charda, Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_259.jpg
  • Kantaben Parbatbhai Charda, Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_667.jpg
  • Parbatbhai Amarabhai Charda, Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_386-2.jpg
  • Khimabhai Bharanbhai, a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer, weeding a cotton field in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_909.jpg
  • Anadyben, 70, a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer, in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_1057.jpg
  • Khimabhai Bharanbhai, a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer, weeding a cotton field in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_429.jpg
  • hantiben Sarabhai Charda a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer picking cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_663.jpg
  • Dajaben Charda, 16, daughter of a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer helps irrigate a cotton field in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_665.jpg
  • A cotton farmer picks a handful of raw cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_373.jpg
  • Dajaben Charda, 16, daughter of a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer helps irrigate a cotton field in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_336.jpg
  • Sonal Charda, 10, daughter of a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_064.jpg
  • Shantiben Sarabhai Charda (right) a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer grinds millet by hand with a stone grinder in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_013.jpg
  • Mamtuben Papybhai Charda, Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_645.jpg
  • Kantaben Parbatbhai Charda, Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_429.jpg
  • Kantaben Parbatbhai Charda, Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_258.jpg
  • Mamtuben Papybhai Charda, Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_251.jpg
  • Kailash Patidar, Fairtrade cotton farmer, stands beside his well, made to this size to capture the brief monsoon and then pump it using drip irrigation, a technque supported by Fairtrade projects.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170113...jpg
  • Portrait of Khimabhai Bharanbhai, a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer,  in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_869.jpg
  • A cotton farmer picks a handful of raw cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_538.jpg
  • Portrait of Khimabhai Bharanbhai, a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer,  in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_350-2.jpg
  • hantiben Sarabhai Charda a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer picking cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_413.jpg
  • Mamtuben Papybhai Charda, Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_343-2.jpg
  • hantiben Sarabhai Charda a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer picking cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_178.jpg
  • Bharnabem Charda, daughter of a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer helps irrigate a cotton field in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_107.jpg
  • A cotton farmer holds a handful of raw cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_017.jpg
  • Mamtuben Papybhai Charda, Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_058.jpg
  • Pedro José Gonzalez Urbina, cocoa farmer at UNCRISPROCA, La Cruz de Rio Grande, RAAS, Nicaragua. His grandfather fought with Nicaraguan hero General Augusto Sandino.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_UNCRISPROCA_2014081...jpg
  • Cocoa farmer Reymel Alarcon Mendez in a stand of bamboo at UNCRISPROCA. UNCRISPROCA is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer in the hard-to-reach area of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_UNCRISPROCA_2014081...jpg
  • A farmer finishes bundling a sack of cassava on Finca La Alemania, Sucre.
    colombia_hawkey_20100701_301.jpg
  • A Cambodian farmer in her field
    Cambodia_Hawkey_World_Renew_2015_b_0...jpg
  • A farmer near the Vietnam border in Cambodia wears a hat typical of the area
    Cambodia_Hawkey_World_Renew_2015_b_0...jpg
  • A young cowboy passes by the San José del Obraje Cooperative, part of the FLO-certified Del Campo Coop. The Cooperative produces sesame in the Chinandega region of Nicaragua.<br />
Del Campo is a farmer-owned cooperative that exports agricultural products to the world market. Del Campo represents 3500 small and medium-sized Nicaraguan farmers who grow more than 1500 tons of sesame seed annually, and are the largest exporter of sesame in Nicaragua. Their produce is Fairtrade-certified.
    nicaragua_hawkey_20111014_1760.jpg
  • Cocoa Farmer Catalino Obando Ortega stands under a tree with ripening cocoa pods. UNCRISPROCA is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer in the hard-to-reach area of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_UNCRISPROCA_2014081...jpg
  • Cocoa farmer Francisco Mendoza Obando works in his cocoa nursery. UNCRISPROCA is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer in the hard-to-reach area of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_UNCRISPROCA_2014081...jpg
  • Cocoa Farmer Catalino Obando Ortega stands beside a huge tree on his farm. Illegal logging in the area has cut down most of the large trees in the area, Fairtrade promotes ecological conservation. UNCRISPROCA is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer in the hard-to-reach area of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_UNCRISPROCA_2014081...jpg
  • Cocoa farmer Don Chico rests against the roots of a large tree at UNCRISPROCA. Fairtrade cocoa farms promote ecological conservation. UNCRISPROCA is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer in the hard-to-reach area of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_UNCRISPROCA_2014081...jpg
  • A peanut farmer near Chichgalpa, Nicaragua. The Del Campo cooperative is a certified Fairtrade producer in the Leon and Chinandega regions of Nicaragua.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_Del_Campo_20111221_...jpg
  • Julio Zeledón, coffee farmer and member of COOMPROCOM in Payacuca, Terrabona, Matagalpa. COOMPROCOM Coop was founded in 2003 and fairtrade certified by FLO in the same year.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_COOMPROCOM_20111021...jpg
  • A farmer in Léogane carries a large batch of beans.
    Haiti_Hawkey_WorldRenew_20170616_133...jpg
  • A young woman farmer in Cambodia cycles along a path
    Cambodia_Hawkey_World_Renew_2015_b_0...jpg
  • A woman farmer pics fruit on her farm in Cambodia
    Cambodia_Hawkey_World_Renew_2015_b_0...jpg
  • a young farmer holds a small plant ready for transplanting in Cambodia
    Cambodia_Hawkey_World_Renew_2015_b_0...jpg
  • Pedro José Gonzalez Urbina, cocoa farmer at UNCRISPROCA, La Cruz de Rio Grande, RAAS, Nicaragua. His grandfather fought with Nicaraguan hero General Augusto Sandino.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_UNCRISPROCA_2014081...jpg
  • Elvin Alvarez cocoa farmer travels by canoe along the Rio Grande to reach a cocoa farm at UNCRIPROCA a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer in the hard-to-reach area of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua. La Cruz de Rio Grande, RAAS, Nicaragua.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_UNCRISPROCA_2014081...jpg
  • Cocoa Farmer Catalino Obando Ortega stands beside a huge tree on his farm. Illegal logging in the area has cut down most of the large trees in the area, Fairtrade promotes ecological conservation. UNCRISPROCA is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer in the hard-to-reach area of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_UNCRISPROCA_2014081...jpg
  • A cocoa farmer Francisco Mendoza Obando stands under a cocoa tree on his farm. Cocoa pods on a tree at UNCRISPROCA Fairtrade cocoa farms in La Cruz de Rio Grande, RAAS, Nicaragua.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_UNCRISPROCA_2014081...jpg
  • A Cambodia farmer tends her crop.
    Cambodia_Hawkey_World_Renew_2015_b_0...jpg
  • Fairtrade cotton farmers meet together in a classroom of a school supported by Fairtrade premium payments in Rapar district, Gujarat, India. Farmers organisation frequently choose to use the premium for education projects for their communities.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_836.jpg
  • A pair of bullocks pull a cart in a village in Madhya Pradesh that farms Fairtrade cotton. Fairtrade has run several projects in the village to train farmers in organic techniques to improve quality and output of their farming production, in cotton and food production.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170113...jpg
  • Children do the Surya Namaskar, the Sun Salutation, during an assembly at the Vasudha Vidya Vihar school. The school was built with Fairtrade premium funds in 2009. Over 600 students attend the school, which offers education up to 11th standard, primarily for Fairtrade cotton farmers. <br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170112...jpg
  • Vijajmuni, a hindu who looks after the local temple, and who supports the Fairtrade cotton farmers in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_327-2.jpg
  • Cotton farmers take a break to drink tea from saucers in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_449.jpg
  • Cotton farmers take a break to drink tea from saucers in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_312.jpg
  • Cotton farmers take a break to drink tea from saucers in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_239-2.jpg
  • Sarabhai Dydabhai Charda with his wife Shantiben Sarabhai Charda Fairtrade-certified cotton farmers picking cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_046.jpg
  • Amarabhai Charda (left) and Charabar Charda (right) Fairtrade-certified cotton farmers in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_587.jpg
  • At the Vasudha Training and Research Centre Farm in Jamniya,  organic farming techniques are taught to farmers and demonstration plots prove organic techniques.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170112...jpg
  • Rudiben, a woman cotton farmers in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
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  • Cotton farmers take a break to drink tea from saucers in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_531.jpg
  • Sarabhai Dydabhai Charda with his wife Shantiben Sarabhai Charda Fairtrade-certified cotton farmers picking cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_069-2.jpg
  • Students at a school supported by Fairtrade premium payments in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_734.jpg
  • Matalben weeding a cotton field in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_559.jpg
  • Students drink from a water system in the playground of a Fairtrade-supported school in Rapar district, Gujarat, India. The water system was also supported by Fairtrade premium.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_598.jpg
  • Asmitaben carried three water containers to her house. The local water system was supported by Fairtrade premium.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_256-2.jpg
  • Students skipping in the playground of a Fairtrade-supported school in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_109-2.jpg
  • A young couple of farmers sit together and hold hands in Cambodia.
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  • A worker stands by a dyeing maching in Pratibha.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Students skipping in the playground of a Fairtrade-supported school in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_832.jpg
  • Footwear is left outside a school supported by Fairtrade premium payments in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_633.jpg
  • Niliben, baby Baeder, part of a cotton-farming family in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_476.jpg
  • Students at a school supported by Fairtrade premium payments in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_408-2.jpg
  • A young woman sews a traditional textile in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_080-2.jpg
  • Students drink from a water system in the playground of a Fairtrade-supported school in Rapar district, Gujarat, India. The water system was also supported by Fairtrade premium.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_026-2.jpg
  • The pulp around cocoa seeds in a pod is a refreshing snack for cocoa farmers. UNCRISPROCA is a Fairtrade-certified cocoa producer in the hard-to-reach area of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua.
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  • The Vasudha Vidya Vihar school was built with Fairtrade premium funds in 2009. Over 600 students attend the school, which offers education up to 11th standard. <br />
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Kirti Sen works in the school kitchen.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170112...jpg
  • Early in the morning, a relative of Khushboo throws straw from a truck onto the roof of the house, to feed the cows with later.<br />
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Khushboo's father is a member of the Fairtrade-certified Vasudha cotton producing coop.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170113...jpg
  • Students skipping in the playground of a Fairtrade-supported school in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_675.jpg
  • Matalben weeding a cotton field in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_076-2.jpg
  • Cotton is seen here as a bud (called a square), a yellow blossom, a cotton boll and a burst cotton boll ready for harvest, in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_376.jpg
  • 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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  • 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.
    IvoryCoast_Hawkey_20161114-20161114_...jpg
  • Women learn to be seamstresses in a three-month course supported by Fairtrade premium in Madhya Pradesh. The women want to set up small business in their villages. <br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170113...jpg
  • 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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  • Gabriel Rodriguez, left, works on a conventional coffee plot with the use of chemical pesticides and fertilisers. These are strictly limited by Fairtrade agreements to selected legal agrochemicals and they are obliged to use full protective clothing.
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  • A young coffee picker, David Martinez, near Yalí. Fairtrade-certified Cooperatives El Gorrión and Polo are Fairtrade-certified coffee producers in San Sebastián de Yalí, Jinotega, Nicaragua.
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  • Avilio Reyes lives in El Tempisque, Langue, Valle, Honduras. <br />
Because of dought, he's lost his main corn harvest four years in a row. "this harvest is already lost" he said "we'll put the cows in here to feed, at least they'll eat the bit of growth that there was".
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  • Lázaro Adalid Zablah, Los Charcos, Olancho: I’ve taken part in the programmes with Diaconia (the national partner of World Renew in the region of Olancho) and I’ve taken up everything I’ve been taught. I’ve worked on making unproductive land productive by using conservation agriculture techniques, I’ve worked on diversification, grafting, everything they’ve taught me, I’m using it. We’ve turned useless land, that no one could farm, into productive land, the technique is hard work at first, to make the holes for the compost, but it really works, everyone is impressed.
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  • Lázaro Adalid Zablah, Los Charcos, Olancho: "I’ve taken part in the programmes with Diaconia (the national partner of World Renew in the region of Olancho) and I’ve taken up everything I’ve been taught. I’ve worked on making unproductive land productive by using conservation agriculture techniques, I’ve worked on diversification, grafting, everything they’ve taught me, I’m using it. We’ve turned useless land, that no one could farm, into productive land, the technique is hard work at first, to make the holes for the compost, but it really works, everyone is impressed".
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_Olancho_2...jpg
  • Cristobal Coc, on his demonstration plot.  He has planted papaya, beans, medicinal plants, plantain, coffee, gandule beans and cane for building.
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  • Cristobal Coc, on his demonstration plot.  He has planted papaya, beans, medicinal plants, plantain, coffee, gandule beans and cane for building.
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  • Cristobal Coc, on his demonstration plot.  He has planted papaya, beans, medicinal plants, plantain, coffee, gandule beans and cane for building.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Alta_Verapaz_201607...jpg
  • Cristobal Coc, on his demonstration plot.  He has planted papaya, beans, medicinal plants, plantain, coffee, gandule beans and cane for building.
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  • A hillside farm with Antigua Guatemala in the distance. ADIPROVA is a Fairtrade-certified vegetable producer based in Santa María de Jesus, Saquetepequez, Guatemala.
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  • Fidelina Xoc, coop board member at ADIPROVA, digs with a hoe and plants seeds on a farm. ADIPROVA is a Fairtrade-certified vegetable producer based in Santa María de Jesus, Saquetepequez, Guatemala.
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  • Paula Bruna Velásquez Pastor tends tomato plants in Totonicapan. CWS supports local organisation CIEDEG to run a food production and nutrition programme in several areas of Guatemala. With their support, in Totonicapan in the indigenous highlands, villagers have increased their food production by using greenhouses and irrigation. FRB supports CWS to run a food security programme in the region.
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  • Sandra Mireya Vaquero Gonzalez, explains how the balu tree grows. Balu (Erythina edulis) is also known as the giant bean tree. The beans and husks are good food for human and animal consumption. Sandra, 31, is a mother of two children and is part of an agriculture project for displaced women in the Silvania district of Colombia. Sandra says that "the project has meant that we can eat properly, that means a lot to us". The project supports 55 women to produce their own food, including vegetables and chickens. The project is supported by ACT member LWF.
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