Fair Trade Fruit
Grapes are one of the few crops that earn money for farmers in the Orange River area of South Africa, near the Kalahari Desert. Small-scale farmers, who can get the money to invest in vines and learn the skill, can begin to earn after three years.

Traidcraft buys raisins from SAD, a company that sells on behalf of farmers with large holdings as well as those with only a few acres. To ensure that the benefit from our trade reaches the most needy farmers we charge a premium, which goes to the Eksteenskuil Farmers Association. Find out more about Eksteenskuil & fair trade in South Africa »

Fair Trade Honey
"Apicoop gives us a permanent market for our products and this helps us develop. Before we kept bees we had no jobs and now we have been able to develop ourselves as people." - Celia Gonzales, Apicoop, Chile

Celia Gonzales is one of the 14 women beekeepers who belong to Apicoop, along with 106 men. She is also on the co-op's board. The Apicoop members are all in the area east of Valdivia, but some 500 beekeepers in other parts of the country also benefit from Apicoop's fair trade export sales. Find out more about Apicoop & fair trade in Chile »

Fair Trade Sugar
The Kasinthula Cane Growers' Association (KCG) is Traidcraft's new sugar supplier. In February 2004, Traidcraft's Market Access Centre ran a Trading Fairly Workshop for 33 farmers to introduce them to fair trade, Traidcraft and how their premium committee could operate. Find out more about Kasinthula & fair trade in Malawi »

Fair Trade Ginger
NAPCL's factory was built as part of an EU funded development project and opened in 1998. The project has been very successful in establishing self help groups of farmers, to promote the growth of fresh vegetables in particular. It also established an experimental fruit-processing factory, to add value to local produce.

This is located in Kerala's pineapple growing area and employs about 60 people. It is a public limited company, with 70% of the shares owned by local farmers, the other 30% by the Government of Kerala.

Fair Trade Chocolate
Kuapa Kokoo is a co-op union of 937 village societies, representing about 40,000 farmers. They currently sell about 650 tonnes of cocoa to the fair trade market each year.

"Through Fairtrade and Kuapa we now have a lot of progress. We have good drinking water, toilet facilities and schools. Kuapa pay the farmers on time and there is no cheating." - Comfort Kwaasibea.