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World market prices hit coffee farmers
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World market prices hit coffee farmers
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Prices for coffee have dropped dramatically from 0.95 $US in September 2000 to 0.49 $US/ lb in March 2001. According to the Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC), excessive availability of low-grade material, production increases and high stocks are the main causes. Although in 2000, ACPC called on its members to retain 20% of their coffee exports for 2 years, prices kept falling and commodity export earnings for countries like Uganda might be halved.
Prices for coffee have dropped dramatically from 0.95 $US in September 2000 to 0.49 $US/ lb in March 2001. According to the Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC), excessive availability of low-grade material, production increases and high... |
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2014-10-16T09:05:56Z
2014-10-16T09:05:56Z 2001 |
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News Item
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CTA. 2001. World market prices hit coffee farmers. Spore 94. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46224 |
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en
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Spore;94
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CTA
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Spore
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