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„Farmers, many of them indigenous peoples, grow most of the world's coffee beans on plots of less than 10 acres. The prices they often receive are less than the costs of production, which pushes them into an endless cycle of poverty and debt. All over Latin America, farmers are forced to sell the future rights to their harvest to exploitative middlemen in exchange for the credit they need to pay for basic necessities.“
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„Because Tanzanian coffee farms are very small—average sizes range from ½ to 2 acres, it is important for farmers to use their land wisely. Coffee trees are planted among banana trees, beans and corn. The shade from the banana trees improves the quality of the coffee and the intercropping also enriches the soil.“
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„Fair trade coffee is made from the best coffee beans, grown in shade and is usually organic, Fiorito said. She also cited a recent Wall Street Journal article that exposed the poor quality of major coffee corporations who buy beans from Vietnam or non-certified farmers.“
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„The reason lies in a complex system in which coffee beans can pass through as many as 15 hands between shrub and cup, with price increases along the way. In between the farmer and the exporter are multiple middlemen who mark up prices and pad profits. If farmers object, the middlemen simply turn elsewhere.“
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