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Cacao producers' revolt spills over into coffee industry

Published on 15.12.2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

Coffee berries being sorted in a Kenyan processing plant. © Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

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Africa's coffee producers would like to impose the same demands on multinationals as Ghana and Ivory Coast have done on cacao but are struggling to coordinate their efforts. Their battle has everyone involved, from the Fine Coffees Association to the International Coffee Organization.

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