Ethical trade and sustainable rural livelihoods

Summary report includes a description of ethical trade (Section 2), followed by an analysis of the building blocks and trade-offs that affect participation in ethical trade (Section 3). Section 4 describes the livelihood components required to participate in ethical trade initiatives, and Section 5 describes the strategies adopted by various ethical trade schemes. Section 6 describes the outcomes of these schemes for sustainable rural livelihoods. The paper ends with conclusions about the actual and potential contribution ethical trade can make to sustainable rural livelihoods

Complemented by aseries of case studies:

• Summary
• Fruits of the Nile, Fairtrade Processing case study (fruit and vegetables in Uganda)
• Volta River Estates Fairtrade Bananas case study (Ghana)
• Quintana Roo Forest Certification Case Study (Mexico): part1, part2, part3
• Farmers Fair Trade (Uganda) Ltd, Organic Cotton Trade case study