Supporting a point of view

The fair trade movement has resulted substantial improvements for small farmers and producers in developping countries. Moreover, it encourages developement of the local communities. Specifically, it would seem that fair trade gives to the producers the opportunity to use their financial and technical expertise in their communities. An example of this, a coffee co-operative in Mexico started a public bus service in the village.
In parrallel of this, fair trade helps to reduce environmental damage. In particular, producers use some systems which allow the soil to recover naturally without chemicals. For instance, the producers of organic rice in thailand use traditional thechniques which do not use chemicals or exhaust the soil.