2. Where abouts in the world is Afghanistan? What Countries surround Afghanistan? Afghanistan is surrounded by 6 other countries, they are China, Pakistan , Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
3. So what are Afghanistan's producing products? Raisins Nuts
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6. How much money do they get at the moment? In the last year, the fair-trade market grew by 40% to a value of 200m, while the range of products is now over 1500 items, The premium rate paid by fair-trade buyers – a minimum of $1.21 (62p) per pound – guarantees the farmers a higher price and a second payment at the end of the season when the coffee has been sold, while an additional ‘social premium’ of 5 cents (2.6p) per pound is ring fenced for community projects.
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8. How can it help improve their lives? Helping Afghanistan with Fairtrade would mean that the farmers/workers would get more pay for the hard work they put in which means that they would no longer be poor and they could afford to give their families a better life.