• Wages are fair compensation in "a local context" for work.

• Buyers and consumers must respect producers' cultural identity.

• Producers must use methods of farming or production that are environmentally sustainable.

• Women's work is compensated equally with that of men.

• Children's participation in work conforms with the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child and other standards that ensure a child's rights to safety, education and play.

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• Working conditions are safe and healthy.

• Buyers often help with pre-harvest or preproduction costs, and offer technical support.

• Consumers are educated about fair trade and the producers of goods.

Sources: The Fair Trade Federation and the International Fair Trade Association.

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