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Contributor [1]
Monday, September 3, 2001 - 03:00
Sub-Title: 
Bitter Coffee
Categories: 
Development [2]
Issue Number: 
33 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Today, world prices for coffee have fallen to their lowest-ever level in real terms. This Oxfam International Background Briefing analyses the impact on smallholder coffee farmers whose livelihoods have been devastated by a collapse in international prices. Failure to reverse current trends will have devastating consequences across the developing world.

Category: 
Governance [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/development/2625 [5]

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