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Fair Trade Institute (FTI)

Fair Trade Institute: The Fair Trade scientific community

The most comprehensive online collection of Fair Trade publications, where researchers convene for Fair Trade.

The Fair Trade Institute gathers the scientific community on Fair Trade. The Fair Trade Institute’s new and improved online collection is a collaborative effort between the Fair Trade Institute based in Switzerland and the Fair Trade Resource Network in the United States. With a shared interest in education and critical analysis about Fair Trade, the Fair Trade Institute and Fair Trade Resource Network have compiled this online collection of Fair Trade publications and expertise. On this site, you can:

We invite researchers and scholars from around the world to list their works and expertise in this online collection. With contributions from you, the Fair Trade Institute can contribute to the understanding and effective implementation of Fair Trade worldwide.

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Latest Fair Trade publications inserted

Makita (2012) Fair Trade and organic initiatives confronted with Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh, India: A paradox Geoforum

Huybrechts (2012) Fair Trade Organizations and Social Enterprise. Social Innovation through Hybrid Organization Models. Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

Braunholz (2007) Der Wettlauf um die braune Bohne Kaffeeklatsch

Sutton (2011) Towards transformative participation: Invited spaces in Fairtrade governance Presentation at the Research Workshop ‘Fairtrade, History and Governance’, 8 July 2011, QMUL & University of York

Tucker (2004) CONSCIOUS CONSUMERISM: Shaping Globalization through the Empowerment of the People Universitat Jaume I Master's in International Peace, Conflict and Development; Master's Thesis

Makita (2012) Fair Trade Certification: The Case of Tea Plantation Workers in India Development Policy Review