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Here's a comprehensive analysis of coffee as a product: https://bridgeit.me/coffee https://bridgeit.me/coffee. The value chain section is interesting, but the t
by qqn 7y ago
Here's a comprehensive analysis of coffee as a product: https://bridgeit.me/coffee https://bridgeit.me/coffee. The value chain section is interesting, but the tie-in to the refugee crisis is what got me:
"I became friends with an Oromo family that had to flee from Ethiopia. They were from a region close to the city Jimma in southwestern Ethiopia, the cradle of coffee. Their land and coffee plantations were taken from them and the husband and his friends were jailed when they protested[...] But of course, the coffee we consume everyday and without which ‘we can’t survive’ has to be produced somewhere…"