Sustaining the coffee world

22/10/03 - As trading nations get to grips with globalisation in the 21st century the issue of sustainability is increasingly compounded for commodities on today's market.

Nowhere is this more evident than for coffee - arguably one of the world’s most important cash crops, and vital to the livelihood of more than 25 million small coffee farmers.
After petroleum, coffee is one of the world’s most important commodities. This single crop represents more than 20 per cent of export earnings for nine developing countries and accounts for more than half of all export earnings in four countries but the world coffee market is suffering, highlights an extensive report from the World Bank.

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