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„The world's coffee prices go up and down, depending partly on supply and demand and speculation by big investors. But these farmers are stuck in poverty. They sell their beans to local businessmen whom they derisively call 'coyotes,' and the coyotes pay them less than 50 cents per pound.“
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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 price for green coffee beans, the worlds most widely traded commodity after oil, has hit its lowest level in 100 years. For small farmers, who grow over half of the world’s crop, the situation has gone from difficult to catastrophic. A two-year slump in prices – from $1.45 in December 1999 to 45 cents today – has created an ongoing economic disaster in dozens of developing countries.“
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