What Goes Up Might Come Down? (#)

  „Regarding that supply, both the planting and harvesting schedules chosen by coffee farmers will affect the availability of green beans in the marketplace. A tree planted by a farmer today will not yield a crop for another three to five years, so coffee growers have to be both agronomist and seer. It stands to reason that coffee growers want to plant only to the extent that their harvest will be a profitable one, so tracking the trends in coffee consumption as well as the global coffee yields become key considerations when deciding how much to plant.“

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- Coffee Science Information Centre

  „After harvesting the next stage is to remove the outer layers of the bean and create a stable, dry, green coffee bean. Two methods may be used, 'dry' or 'wet', to get the beans to the 'parchment' stage: within their hulls with most of their moisture removed. They can be stored in this state prior to processing to remove the hull, after which they are sorted and graded and ready for export around the world.“

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Global Exchange : 445.html

  „It says multinational coffee companies are making large profits by charging consumers in rich countries 1,500 percent more than farmers in poor countries are paid for their beans. Coffee prices on the world market average US$1.10 a kilogram, while production cost is around $1.76. "The worst may be over for embattled coffee growers like us, with prices finally rising off record lows," said Nguyen Trong, owner of nearly 20 hectares [49 acres] of coffee plantation in Daklak province in the country's central highlands. "The surging prices are due to the increase of coffee prices in the world market and the decrease of the country's coffee output," said the chairman of the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association, Doan Trieu Nhan.“

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PR Coffee Crisis

  „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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Organic News Winter/Spring 1999

  „Nearly all coffee beans are imported from Third World countries, and of the world's production, beans from small farmers make up the vast majority. Yet, most small scale farmers are living in near poverty conditions. Mexico's premier coffee organization, Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones Cafetaleras, reports that, although coffee generated $658 million in Mexico last season and is the nation's number one export crop, a small grower's average annual income is only $650 in U.S. dollars.“

http://www.cooperativecoffees.com/about/news/ spr99organicnews.html - Cached

It's All About Coffee

  „The Fair Trade label attached to the bin or bag of beans means the coffee farmers received a minimum floor price for their harvest. Under current agreements, that minimum is $1.26 a pound for Fair Trade coffee and $1.41 a pound for Fair Trade certified organic coffee. If a farmer is not participating in a Fair Trade agreement, he is paid 7 to 24 cents per pound for his beans.“

http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2003/04/ fair-trade-organic-coffee-movement.html - Cached

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