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Hop Tac cooperative: Improving coffee, improving community
article Fairtrade International May 10, 2012 09:42 AM

To Hop Tac San Xuat Ca Phe Sach Vi Suc Khoe Cong Dong (meaning the “Safe Coffee Producing Cooperative”) is one of three Fairtrade coffee organizations in Vietnam. This relatively small Asian country is the second largest coffee...

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VietnamHop Tac cooperative: Improving coffee, improving community

Despite a difficult year for coffee growers, the Hop Tac co-operative in Vietnam has been thriving. The co-operative has used training and support from Fairtrade to ...

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A Fairtrade co-operative in Honduras is attempting to reinvigorate young people's attention in coffee farming.

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SOPACDI, a co-operative, has helped farmers rebuild their lives

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A Fairtrade Congolese coffee co-operative has been helping farmers rebuild their lives after the violence and instability of the Rwandan Genocide in 1994.

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CONACADO farmer Mariano Manzuela. Photograph - Simon Rawles.

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A Fairtrade co-op that started as a development project in 1988, has now become the tenth largest cocoa exporter in the world. CONACADO now provides Fairtrade cocoa products to ...

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Laying the foundation stone for Manduvira's very own sugar mill

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From humble beginnings in 1975, the Manduvira Co-operative in Paraguay has  grown to be the leading producer and exporter of organic and Fairtrade certified sugar in the ...

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