Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Cover Story - Impact of Extension Services with Special Reference to Shevaroys (#)

  „Although there is an economic crisis among coffee growers, the growers in Shevaroy pay more attention to maintain the standard of cultivation practices and introduction of many associated crops like Pepper, Orange, Citrus and Banana which provide them additional income. It is worthy to state that large scale Banana cultivation once disintegrated in Pulneys, Yercaud, Sirumalai and Kolli Hills is coming up and the success of Banana cultivation again in these areas would pay additional and substantial income and that would add the success stories of Coffee plantation in Tamil Nadu.“

http://www.indiacoffee.org/newsletter/2004/nov/ cover_story.html - Cached

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  „Financial Times, 7 September 2001Later that week, the FT ran a story on the growing disquiet among coffee growers. The Federation of Ivorian Coffee and Cocoa Producers, they reported, called on its members to launch a nationwide strike. New York Times, 11 September 2001 The NY Times ran a colourful piece by Katherine Zoepf on Hanoi's Café Society. Almost unique amongst their neighbours, Vietnam has a thriving café culture.“

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India coffee magazine- Back with another steaming cup!

  „"From the very first year, our aim has been that the illycaffe india coffee quality prize should become the catalyst for a quality movement among the coffee growers in this country", says Andrea Illy, CEO of illycaffe. "We have been buying green coffee from india for over six years now, and find that Indian coffee compares well in terms of taste and organolectic characteristics, with that produced in Brazil and other parts of the world. I see great potential for continually growing partnership amongst us and Indian coffee planters."“

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Global Exchange : Coffee growers make case

  „That's the choice that members of coffee grower cooperatives want Americans to make. It's the difference, they say, in whether coffee growers continue to struggle financially until they're forced to abandon their farms, or they and their families gain some quality of life.“

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India coffee - News - Rise in coffee prices not enough, feel growers

  „The debt burden on the coffee industry currently amounts to over Rs 1,300 crore, including an interest component of Rs 300 crore. "There is a need for the Government to repay the interest burden to the Banks, thereby providing relief to the growers," said Mr Anil Bhandari, Chairman, United Planters Association of Southern India said, adding that such relief was not new. It already existed for other agricultural commodities besides a few select industries, including the public sector, he said.“

http://www.indiacoffee.org/news/2004/11/ nov4.html - Cached

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