Editing Fair trade (section)

=== Latin America ===
Studies in the early 2000s showed that the income, education, and health of coffee producers involved with Fair Trade in Latin America improved in comparison to producers who were not participating.<ref name="Geiger-Onteo, Stephanie 2011">Geiger-Onteo, Stephanie, and Eric J. Arnould. "Alternative Trade Organization and Subjective Quality of Life: The Case of Latin American Coffee Producers." ''Journal of Macromarketing'' (2011): 276–290.</ref> Brazil, Nicaragua, Peru, and Guatemala, having the biggest populations of coffee producers, use some of the {{clarify|text=most substantial land|date=March 2022}} for coffee production in Latin America and do so by taking part in Fair Trade.<ref name="Geiger-Onteo, Stephanie 2011" />

Latin American countries are also large exporters of [[fair trade bananas]]. The [[Dominican Republic]] is the largest producer of fair trade bananas, followed by [[Mexico]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Costa Rica]]. Producers in the Dominican Republic set up associations rather than cooperatives so that individual farmers can each own their own land, but meet regularly.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

Fundación Solidaridad was created in [[Chile]] to increase the earnings and social participation of handicraft producers. These goods are marketed locally in Chile and internationally.<ref name="ReferenceB" /> Fair trade handicraft and jewellery production has risen in recent years{{current event inline|date=March 2022}}, aided by North American and European online retailers developing direct relationships to import and sell the products online. The sale of fair trade handicrafts online has aided the development of female artisans in Latin America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mixyfandino.com/empowering-the-female-artisan/|title=mixyfandino.com/empowering-the-female-artisan/|access-date=2015-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711102103/http://www.mixyfandino.com/empowering-the-female-artisan/|archive-date=2015-07-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>