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VIDEO: Coffee Crisis

6 August 2010

June 2003 Coffee farmers of Ethiopia are facing destitution. The collapse in world coffee prices means that prices no longer even cover growing costs. Farmers in Ethiopia are now lucky to make $10 a year. Prices have fallen 70% in the past four years and since the collapse of the International Coffee [...]

Ethiopian Coffee Brands Go Global, Wake Up Local Economy

2 April 2009

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Before branding, some farmers cut down valuable trees to plant a narcotic By Phillip Kurata Staff Writer Washington — Ethiopia is beginning what it hopes is a steady climb out of poverty, with strong reliance on intellectual property rights protection. “I believe that every country, whether poor or rich, has the capacity to create intellectual property assets,” says Ethiopian [...]