BBC NEWS | Business | East African coffee growers fight back (#)

  „Coffee prices reached their lowest level for almost 40 years at the start of 2002. Kenya produces some of the world's top grade Arabica coffee beans but quality and output have fallen because the poor prices have persuaded farmers to turn to other crops. "If the quality of the coffee produced in the regions improves, then farmers will get better prices," Mr Kawuma said. The EAFCA hopes it can improve coffee growing practices which have deteriorated as earnings have fallen.“

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BBC - iCan - - A1978752 - Making all trade Fair Trade

  „The result of this competition has driven the cost of raw coffee beans to a 30 year low, with growers receiving less than cost price for their beans. Such competition presently benefits the roasters (the main ones being Nestlé, Philip Morris-Kraft, Procter and Gamble and Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts). Nestlé is reported to make 26% profit on its processed coffee (more than most other products on the supermarket shelves). Competition on price is driving people into poverty.“

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Fairtrade | News | Press Release

  „For coffee sold with the FAIRTRADE Mark, coffee growers get a fair price, currently double the global market price for arabica beans and triple for robusta beans. Under conventional agreements, they get just over half what it actually costs to grow the beans, meaning that they are effectively subsidising our coffee drinking.“

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BBC NEWS | Business | Why cheap beans don't make cheap coffee

  „World coffee prices are low because there is an oversupply of coffee, the world's second most valuable commodity after oil. Many coffee growers across the developing world have produced too much coffee which they have simultaneously released into the world market. The global supply is estimated to be about 8% above demand, according to Oxfam. This has depressed world prices.“

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BBC News | SCI/TECH | Coffee crisis in Ethiopia

  „He said Ethiopian government plans to protect three forest fragments have foundered for lack of cash. Arabica beans are so widely used they are the most valuable international commodity after oil. Most of the coffee is grown on plantations outside Ethiopia from a handful of cultivated varieties created from a few individual bushes. But these plantations are at risk from disease, such as the coffee rust that hit Brazil in the 1970s.“

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Cafe´ de Colombia - COFFEE BEANS

  „Cafe´ de Colombia - COFFEE BEANS Good coffee comes down to good beans. There are two basic bean types: Robusta and Arabica:“

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