BBC News | BUSINESS | Coffee farmers 'face destitution'

BBC News | BUSINESS | Coffee farmers 'face destitution' ()

  „However, the BCA - which represents coffee manufactuers selling in the UK - says Oxfam "fails to address the fundamental economics of the coffee market in the long term". "Increasing prices of green coffee beans without implementing appropriate controls on production would not help the livelihood of the growers in producing countries in the longer term," the BCA argued in a press release. Click here to return“

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