Here you can find a growing collection of articles, reports and research relevant to fair trade.

If you know of an article, report or piece of research that should be included here, let us know via web@fta.org.au.

Articles

See here for a collection of articles from Fair Trade Fortnight 2007.

An article from The Age (Melbourne), April 28 2007, on the growth of Fairtrade coffee in Victoria and Australia.

An article, appearing in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on 28-29 April 2007, on the rapid increase of Fairtrade sales in Australia.

An article in the Epoch Times about Fair Trade Fortnight 2007 from April 17 2007.

An article from The Age (Melbourne), May 27 2006, on fair trade and ethical consumption in Australia.

A short piece on NZ tv on Fairtrade during Fair Trade Fortnight 2006, including interviews with Agnes and Erica from Kuapa Kokoo.

An article from the Sydney Morning Herald's Good Living liftout in advance of Fair Trade Fortnight 2006. View it here.

An article from Ethical Corporation about the competition between Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance Certification in coffee.  

Reports

A BBC documentary on the costs of coffee and cotton, May 2007

The Business Case For Private Sector Participation in Poverty Relief, April 2007, by the Business for Poverty Relief Alliance.

Report on Internet Research Resources devoted to Civil Society and Fair Trade available here.

An overview of the Civil Society and Fair Trade field.

Paper prepared for AusAID by Ian Anderson - "Globalisation, Trade & Development: What is left for aid to do?", forming part of presentation made at Fair Trade Fortnight 2006 Public Seminar, Canberra, 1 May.

A recent overview and comparison of coffee environmental and social certification systems prepared by the Sustainable Commodity Initiative, a partnership between UNCTAD and IISD: www.iisd.org/pdf/2004/sci_coffee_labelling.pdf