Devouring profit - International Coffee Organization
Devouring profit - International Coffee Organization
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case reduction for quality is smaller than arabica (US$0.08/pound). Hence another<br />
preliminary conclusion is that prices depend far too much on the various interests of<br />
the many intermediaries involved in this process. In broad terms, ultimately Ecuadorian<br />
farmers are risk takers because there are no measures in place to protect their<br />
income.<br />
2.3 Honduras<br />
Two meetings were carried out and each of them detected different problems, which<br />
are analysed independently.<br />
Agua de Piedra farmers<br />
This group was from the small town of San Luis. They were asked about their main<br />
problems as coffee producers. Table 7 shows their choices.<br />
Table 7. Main problems in coffee production, Agua de<br />
Piedra region.<br />
The main two difficulties were commercialisation and low coffee prices, which confirmed<br />
what local extensionists had told us. Again CBB is not regarded as a main<br />
problem in coffee production. But it was evident that farmers think that poor commercialisation<br />
and low prices are negatively affecting crop management. Hence from<br />
this lack of management we expect increased CBB attacks in the future and in this<br />
way increased losses and poorer quality.<br />
El Tigre coffee farmers<br />
This group of farmers is near to Lake Yojoa, an important coffee zone. Table 8 summarises<br />
the perspectives of this group on coffee production.<br />
Table 8. Main problems in coffee production,<br />
El Tigre region.<br />
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