1. Some Example of Fairtrade premium use

2. Kibinge Coffee Farmers Cooperative Society, Ltd
Kibinge Coffee Farmers Cooperative Society, Ltd. Africa Winner of the first-ever international Fairtrade Awards for Small Producer Organisation in 2014
set up a savings and credit scheme to provide credit to members and non-members at an affordable rate.
set up a farm supply shop giving members access farm inputs closer to their communities. The shop also offers technical information and good advice on the safe use of chemicals and fertilizers.
Kibinge has also performed extremely well in complying with the Fairtrade Standards.

3. Workers’ Premium Committee – Africa: Harvest, Ltd.
Lawrence Mwangi, a sprayer at the Harvest Ltd Athi River flower farm in Kenya

4. The workers at Harvest LTD launched an ambitious 5-year strategic plan focused on gender and environmental protection just one year after becoming Fairtrade certified.
Their Premium money has been dedicated to supporting public schools in the community, with extra support to ensure girls can attend.
They also have a fast growing nursery for trees, which are planted alongside the River Athi to protect and improve the surrounding ecosystem.

5. Small Producer Organization – Latin America & the Caribbean: Cooperativa Caficultores de Antioquia in Colombia
The coffee farmers in this cooperative have created a detailed plan for how they will invest their Fairtrade Premium in social projects, and increase workers’ welfare, and productivity.
The organization has worked hard to reduce its non-conformities with the Fairtrade Standards and achieved an average of 4.1 in the Fairtrade Development Standards.

6. The coffee farmers of the Nahuala Cooperative, Guatemala: Premium investment in a community library

7. Baby, has installed a 36,000 litre rainwater tank to irrigate his land many times using it, and believes other members can protect themselves against climate change by following his example (Suminter Organic Small Farmers consortium, Kerala)