This makes it sound as if a price adjustment over time would raise
demand enough to make things work for poorer countries. But coffee
prices are so low that in certain countries -- in Central America for
example -- it doesn't pay to harvest the crop. Hence workers get no
work, and then
The
Lou responded with the Oxfam proposal, but fair trade coffee is the sort
of coffee that Global Exchange promotes -- it promises a 'fair' return to
the workers and small farmers.
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 12:41:20PM -0500, Ian Hudson wrote:
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> The disastrous price slump for coffee demonstrates the
The disastrous price slump for coffee demonstrates the need for
alternative arrangements for southern producers. One alternative
that is being trumpeted is the alternative or fair trade, which is most
developed, at least in terms of primary goods, in the coffee market.
Does anyone have any
It got much worse for the coffee producers. The World Bank made big
loans to increase coffee production in Vietnam, now the world's 2nd
largest coffee producer. This added to the world-wide glut and has
driven farmers in Central America, Mexico, Brazil and in Africa to
desperation. Roanld Reaga
