date:Jun 12, 2016
sugar farmers investing in strong cooperatives
More than 62,000 small-scale farmers across 19 countries produce Fairtrade certified sugar, in regions such as Central America, Southern Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Sugar farmers received 10.2 million euros of Fairtrade Premium globally in 2014, money which they can reinvest in organisational infrastructure, training, improvements in productivity or good agricultural practices.
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