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Fairtrade is a trading partnership that seeks greater equity in international trade by offering better better terms of trade and decent production conditions to marginalised farmers and workers in the developing world. 

The Fairtrade Foundation, with its partners, maintains these standards by regularly inspecting third world suppliers, and checking contracts and trade terms.

• cover their costs and make a profit which enables them to feed their families, 

• pay for health care and 

• send their children to school. 

Fairtrade contracts: 

• assure stable prices over the long term, 
• give producers security to plan for the future 
• encourage sustainable farming practices, including, in some cases, organic methods;
• ensure, through inspection and audit, that producers meet the Fairtrade standards of a democratic and participative structure. 
• include additional special payments, or Fairtrade premiums, which enable the community to improve social conditions or the economic infrastructure, for example: a  health clinic, nursery school or a clean water supply system.