by ivdp » Wed May 25, 2005 9:10 am
And how would you know they do get a fair price? By buying direct from a farmer?
What is a fair price? More than the price the neighbour gets paid?
Or is it related to international market levels? Maybe only if the market is high?
I just returned from Java and Sumatra, saw a lot of exporters, planters, farmers, coffee trees and factories.
The only fair means of supporting the coffee community locally is a high international price.
FT, Utz Kapeh, 4C etc etc iare marketing instruments. Only those able to certify get the bonus, neighbours are being left alone.
Because of the rising international market price of the last season, things look so much better than last year or 2 years ago.
Most old crop has been sold earlier this year, (yest indeed also local people do speculate), new coffee plantings can be seen everywhere, infrastructure has become better, more TV sets etc etc. We can be hopeful for the future: better qualities and much more coffee in the coming years.
Let us not forget to drink more coffee to keep the market high!!
Ivo
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