trade has been identified as a path out of poverty but being locked into primary production means for many LDCs the experience has been price instability, diminishing returns, declining prices and at the bottom level very little income being paid to farmers by state buying agencies and exporters. "Fair trade" is meant to change that. The Observer considers farmers in Malawi:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/27/fairtrade
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