The crisis brewing in the coffee world. - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

  „This means a great crisis for small producers, especially in Central America and other areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, east and west Africa and South-East Asia. International Monetary Fund and World Bank policies that fix market prices for basic products and prevent governments from regulating those prices or protecting their farmers have resulted in calamity for coffee growers. Ever since the International Coffee Agreement's economic clauses were broken at the end of the '80s, the region's coffee producers have been left without any serious means of coordination or organising policy. Before this rupture, policy was clear-cut: neither banks, nor multilateral institutions, nor governments were authorised to promote expansion in coffee producing areas.“

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Global Exchange : Duncan Coffee to begin offering Fair Trade variety

  „Fair Trade Certified coffee is a partnership between consumers in North America and producers in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean that guarantees small coffee farmers a fair price for their harvest, access to credit and direct access to American markets.“

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Fair-trade cooperatives: a positive alternative - Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief

  „The LWR Coffee Project reaches out to communities like Rojas' in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. When purchasing organizations agree to pay a fair price for the product--at least $1.26 per pound of coffee--farmers can not only earn more money for necessary items such as food but can also invest back into the community. Fair trade also encourages the development of longstanding business relationships, provides advance credit so farmers can buy seed and fertilizer, and promotes ecological farming methods. The coffee purchased for the LWR Coffee Project provides a true lifeline from Lutheran coffee buyers to the coffee farmers and their families.“

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It's All About Coffee

  „WHAT YOU PAY at your local Starbucks for a double latte is more than a typical coffee picker earns in a day. Most of the world’s coffee is grown in Third World nations in Latin America, Asia and Africa. On small plantations, most pickers earn under $2 a day.“

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Transfair USA | Coffee Program

  „Fair Trade Certified coffee is available from 300 cooperatives in 23 countries across Latin America, Asia and Africa. TransFair distributes a monthly Green Coffee Availability list to licensed roasters, detailing all the products available through Fair Trade licensed importers.“

http://www.transfairusa.org/content/certification/ coffee_program.php - Cached

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