International Coffee Crisis
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The worldwide price of coffee has plummeted almost 70 percent over the
last five years. This has devastated the economies of poor countries
in Asia, Africa, and Latin America -- it has ruined the livelihoods
of millions of people, and it has hurt our foreign aid and
counter-narcotics efforts in these countries. Besides stifling the
production of high-quality coffee and hurting the farmers who grow
it, the crisis is limiting the availability of high-quality coffee
to consumers in the United States and around the world.
Below are some of my efforts on this
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