What Oxfam is Doing
- Fair Trade Coffee in the US
- Coffee Farmer Testimonials
COFFEE FARMER TESTIMONIALS
Oxfam funds training in business skills, marketing strategies, and technical assistance to improve the quality of the coffee grown by cooperatives. In some areas, Oxfam supports projects that help cooperatives diversify, so they can become less reliant on coffee.
To help expand the demand for Fair Trade coffee and spread the system's benefits to more coffee farmers, Oxfam works with allies in the Fair Trade movement to educate the public about Fair Trade and encourage coffee companies to buy more Fair Trade coffee. As part of our worldwide "Make Trade Fair" campaign, Oxfam is calling for wider trade policies that will help the growers of coffee and other commodities protect their livelihoods.
Ethiopian Coffee Farmers Tell Their Story
Coffee farmers Mardiya Abagojjam and Shalo Shako discuss how the international coffee crisis has devastated their lives.
The Coffee Crisis in Central America
In 2002 and 2003, Oxfam supported almost 3,500 smallholders and their family members through assistance to nine different coffee cooperatives in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
A Solution in Boaco
One Nicaraguan community finds an alternative to the global coffee crisis.
Fair Trade Helps Coffee Farmer Survive a Tough Market
Coffee farmers around the world are suffering from very low prices, but in El Salvador, Oxfam's partner APECAFE is helping Jesus Morales keep food on the table.
Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union, Ethiopia
Fair Trade is not just a good opportunity for a savvy coffee grower—it's a life saver.
Loma Linda: Escaping the Coffee Crisis
While many coffee farming communities are suffering from low coffee prices, the villagers of Loma Linda, Guatemala, are in an Oxfam-supported Fair Trade cooperative. They have been able to maintain and even improve their standard of living.
Fair Trade Works for Farmers in El Salvador and Mexico
Oxfam America has been working for several years with the Las Lajas Cooperative in El Salvador and CEPCO in Mexico, helping them organize as cooperatives and to qualify for Fair Trade certification.