The Global Food Crisis and Fairtrade: Small Farmers, Big Solutions?
Report for the Fairtrade Foundation (February 2009)
This report analyses the challenges faced by the world’s 450 million smallholder farmers as a result of the food price crisis. It considers the effects of the crisis on fairtrade producers around the world, asking whether fairtrade producers are in a better position to cope with price volatility. The report includes a case study of Uganda, based on field research and interviews with coffee, tea and vanilla growers.