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Fairtrade certification

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 5p.

Author WBF Secretariat

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Category Brochure

ISBN No ISBN

Synopsis (short abstract) Fairtrade certification is granted to producers, traders and companies that meet the social, environmental and economic standards of Fairtrade International, an international NGO based in Germany. The Fairtrade certification guarantees agricultural producers a minimum price and a price premium on product sales. Compliance with the standards is verified by a third party, FLOCERT. The Fairtrade system operated by Fairtrade International represents the world's largest and most recognized fair trade system.

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