Who
- 1.4 billion - estimated number of people in the world existing on less than $1.25 / day, according to Bread for the World
- 2.7 billion - estimated number of people in the world existing on less than $2 / day, according to the World Bank
- 30% - women in non-agricultural conventional production in developing countries in 2004, according to the United Nations
- 76% - women engaged in non-agricultural fair trade production in 2008, according to the Fair Trade Federation's 2009 Market Trend Report (up from 70% in 2004)
- 284,000 - number of children in the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon working in hazardous tasks on conventional cocoa farms, according to a 2002 International Institute of Tropical Agriculture study directly involving 4,500+ producers.
- 15,000 - number of children aged 9 to 12 in the Ivory Coast alone who have been sold into forced labor on conventional cotton, coffee, and cocoa plantations, according to a 2000 US State Department report
- 7.5 million - individuals in 2008 that directly benefit from Fair Trade Certified production, according to the Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International
Comparing Conventional and Fair Trade in
Coffee
- 2 cents - amount farmers on conventional farms receive from the average $3 latte, according to Transfair USA
- 10 cents - amount of social premium paid on top of the per kilo price to fair trade certified coffee farmers, according to Fairtrade Labeling Organization standards
- 20 cents - amount of social premium paid on top of the per kilo price to fair trade certified coffee farmers for organic coffee, according to Fairtrade Labeling Organization standards
Other Factors
- $70 billion - amount African countries could generate if their share of world exports increased by 1% - approximately five times what the continent receives in aid - according to Oxfam International's Make Trade Fair Report.
- 30 cents of every $1 - amount of foreign investment that ends up back in donor countries through profit transfers, according to Oxfam International's Make Trade Fair Report.
- $13 billion - total amount required to provide basic education and nutrition in all developing countries, according to the 2005 UNICEF State of the World's Children Report
- $25 billion - amount spent annually on US farm subsidies, according to a 2007 Heritage Foundation report
- $40-70 billion - amount required to meet all eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015, according to the United Nations
Information shared from the Fair Trade Federation
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