BBC News | Hurricane Mitch | Coffee crops hit by hurricane

BBC News | Hurricane Mitch | Coffee crops hit by hurricane ()

  „Losses of the coffee crop have been heaviest in Nicaragua, where officials estimate that 20-30% of coffee production has been lost. But up to 25% of the crop in Guatemala, the biggest producer, is at risk, while hundreds of thousands of bags of coffee have been destroyed in Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador. Coffee prices may rise because of the hurricaneEstimates of the damage have been hampered by the destruction of transport links, which has meant it has been impossible to reach the plantations to make an assessment. The road damage has also put the remainder of the crop at risk.“

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/11/98/hurricane_mitch/.../ 208609.stm - Cached

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  „Hurricane Mitch destroyed much of Nicaragua's infrastructureCrop losses of up to 50% in Honduras and 25% in Nicaragua, however, did not effect the coffee market, says Mr. Shaw: "Mitch has no impact on the New York C-index, which is the main future market for Arabica-coffee." Julia Powell from Fairtrade said: "In terms of quantity, Mitch had no effect on the global coffee market, although it had a dramatic impact on the farmers". Her organisation buys coffee directly from small farmer co-operatives. The floods destroyed the crop, but also great parts of the infrastructure on which the coffee economy depends.“

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  „In Nicaragua, the project gave special assistance to PRODECOOP , a small farmers co-op, as they worked to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Mitch. By serving coffee grown by these farmers, parishioners also help the co-op invest in farm improvements, reduce bank debt, improve nutrition, and provide administrative training for members.“

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  „To the extent possible, we try to help when crises arise in the coffee-growing world. For example, in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, Coffee Kids was able to channel $17,500 in direct relief funds to communities in Nicaragua. However, our primary goal remains one of developing long-term, sustainable programs.“

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  „Germans have not benefited from tax cuts "You can't blame the government wholly because they have introduced structural tax reforms which have helped (to stimulate the economy) but were largely cancelled out by the high the oil price," says Mr Hausen. Germany's main trade union body, the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) agrees. "The government has done everything it can within the confines and can't always stimulate the economy because you have to be careful the deficit doesn't get too big," says the DGB's chief economist Wolfgang Scheremet. "The weakness is not because of any mistake of the government's but due to high energy costs and the global economic downturn." German stimulus Last year the Schroeder government restructured business and personal taxation by limiting corporate taxes to 36% while the top band of income tax was to be cut from over 50% to 42% by 2005.“

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