What is
Fair Trade?
Learning Objectives
• To consider different methods of reducing global trade
inequalities.
• To understand how the ‘Fairtrade’ organisation operates.
• To know about the different criteria that means that a
product is ‘Fairtrade’
Learning Outcomes
• To have looked at natural and man made problems
farmers in the developed world face.
• To have ranked solutions to these problems in order.
• To have compared the Fairtrade criteria against different
products.
Fairtrade
Friday 19th January
• Number from 1 to 8 on your paper.
• You are going to see quotes about the
problems faced by farmers in the
developing world.
• For each one state what the problem is
and if it is caused by the natural world or
by other people.
One
hurricane
or volcano
can ruin all
the banana
trees.
Our houses are
in terrible
condition but if
we complain to
the estate
manager we will
lose our job
Our pay is so
low we grow
marijuana
for more
money but
this is illegal.
Mealy bugs
can
destroy
25-30% of
the cocoa
crop every
year.
When cocoa
prices fall we can
only buy medicine
for members of
the family who
work
Children
have to
work and
don’t go to
school.
Coffee prices
are so low we
have been
forced to
leave our land
and find work
in the cities
Pesticides
cause
leukaemia
and babies
born with
deformities
How can these farmers be helped?
Does the UK have a role to play?
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Read the statements on your paper.
Rank them in order from 1 to 9.
1 means that you strongly agree
9 means that you strongly disagree.
Be prepared to justify your choice to the
rest of the class.
Key Words
• Fairtrade: Paying farmers in the developing
world a fair price for their produce.
• Fairtrade Mark: A consumer label
• LEDC: Less economically developed
• MEDC: More economically developed
• World Bank: Provides loans to poorer countries
for projects to help reduce poverty.
• World Trade Organisation (WTO): Sets rules
about trade to make it easier for countries to sell
to one another.
Fairtrade Criteria
1. The price paid covers the cost of production.
2. Workers on plantations have decent wages, housing and
health and safety standards.
3. No child labour is allowed.
4. A percentage of the money earned is used by the
producers to improve their living and working conditions.
5. Producers treat the environment in a sustainable way.
6. There are organisations to help and support workers eg:
trade unions and co-operatives.
7. Contracts make long-term planning for sustainable
development.
8. Advance payment is made so that the producers do not
fall into debt.
• Is the mark a good idea?
• Would you pay more for Fairtrade
products?
• What is the best way to get supermarkets
to stock Fairtrade products?
Which products meet the
Fairtrade Mark?
• Page 116 to Page 117
• You work for the Fairtrade Foundation and
have to decide whether products should
be awarded the Fairtrade Mark.
Fairtrade Criteria
1. The price paid covers the cost of production.
2. Workers on plantations have decent wages, housing and
health and safety standards.
3. No child labour is allowed.
4. A percentage of the money earned is used by the
producers to improve their living and working conditions.
5. Producers treat the environment in a sustainable way.
6. There are organisations to help and support workers eg:
trade unions and co-operatives.
7. Contracts make long-term planning for sustainable
development.
8. Advance payment is made so that the producers do not
fall into debt.