BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Laos' fresh coffee hopes (#)

  „But to make an impact in a world dominated by top produce from such coffee giants as Brazil and Colombia is a formidable challenge. "We have to upgrade the quality of our coffee, everything from the picking of the beans to the last phase of production, so as to meet the standards required abroad," says the head of the national exporters association, Boonlap Nhouyvanisvong. "If we achieve that, then we believe Lao coffee can penetrate markets around the world". There are other problems too.“

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BBC News | The Economy | Coffee prices soar after earthquake

  „There have been landslides across several key highways, including the main route linking the coffee zone with the key Pacific port of Buenaventura. Colombia National Coffee Growers' Federation leader Jorge Cardenas told reporters on the sidelines of an Association of Coffee Producing Countries meeting in London that although the transport infrastructure needed to export coffee could have suffered, the coffee crop itself may not have been affected by the quake. Columbia is the world's second largest coffee producer after Brazil, growing between 750,000 and one million tonnes of coffee beans a year. The economic crisis in Brazil has also put pressure on coffee prices, with internal prices in Brazil soaring by 20% in the past two weeks.“

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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Oxfam warns of tsunami cash delay

  „ Oxfam “

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BBC News | AMERICAS | Coffee producers move to boost prices

  „Tuesday, 19 June, 2001, 02:25 GMT 03:25 UK Coffee producers move to boost prices Coffee producers from Colombia, Mexico and central America have decided to start destroying more than a million bags of low-grade coffee in a bid to boost quality and raise ailing prices. In a meeting in the Costa Rican capital, San Jose, the coffee-producing countries agreed to begin implementing the plan in October. The Secretary- General of the 28-member Association of Coffee- Producing Countries, Roberio Silva, said he hoped the voluntary programme could eventually be adopted by all members of the group, in order to have an even bigger impact. Coffee prices have fallen considerably in the past two years.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine

  „   “Well, I read some stuff online about Kenyan coffee,” he says. “I never knew that coffee is grown all over the world. I thought it all came from Brazil and Colombia.“

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BBC - Weather Centre - 5 Day Forecast in Celsius for Brasilia, Brazil

  „Set Brasilia, Brazil to be my hometown “

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