Eco-Friendly Indian Coffee: A Profile (INeedCoffee.com) (#)
„This not only contributes to the soil fertility, but also protects the precious soil from weathering and other undesirable factors. Most coffee plantations are located in regions with average to heavy rainfall, yet even if there is a shower of 10 cms on one single day, there will never be runoff inside the plantation because of the thick mulch, which acts as a blotting paper, allowing the water to slowly percolate downward.“
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„The coffee crisis and a history of inequality conspire to keep them put. Most households earn a meager living often as little as a dollar a day picking coffee on the big plantations. Plantation owners can easily lock up 300-400 hectares, squeezing families into little more than their 50ft square plots. Don't believe the Malthusian population specialists who blame the poor for overpopulation and land degradation.“
http://www.equalexchange.com/partners/ nicaragua2.htm
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Global Exchange : Activist Network
„Sarah then introduced Celeste and Rey. Rey (a barista) had worked four months on several coffee plantations last year. He spoke about his life on the plantation, how he worked 20 to 30 days without a day off, how he carried 50 pound sacks on his back at the end of his workday (the hike to town took two to three hours while carrying 50 pounds on his back). He described his adobe home---no inside plumbing, no electricity, etc.“
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/activists/ 75.html
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Coffee Forest Symbiosis (INeedCoffee.com)
„The amazing fact is that coffee habitat and nature bring out the best chemistry in sustaining each others needs. Many foreigners who visit the plantation remark that Indian coffee plantations are bird and game sanctuaries. The architectural detail of the coffee mountain is astounding.“
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/04/forest/
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„Coffee production is nothing new to the farmers of this region. “Recruited” since the arrival of the plantations in the early 1900s as poorly paid hired hands during the harvest, they learned about production and processing, and the wealth that coffee had made for a fortunate few. Soon, seeds began trickling back to the Highland communities of Chiapas.“
http://www.cooperativecoffees.com/producers/mexico/ mayavinic.html
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„Sales Tax, Purchase-tax and central sale tax are also levied on coffee which adds to the burden of taxes suffered by the coffee producers.“
http://www.indiacoffee.org/newsletter/2004/nov/ cover_story2.html
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