Home » Agribusiness Crops Misery at the Farm: Africa’s Coffee Farmers are Losing Billions to Exploitation CropsLatest NewsSustainability Misery at the Farm: Africa’s Coffee Farmers are Losing Billions to Exploitation 12 ViewsMillions of Africa’s coffee farmers have slipped into abject poverty caused by poor prices which are currently barely enough to cover production costs while the rest of the coffee supply chain players enjoy rising profits. African coffee farmers are losing $1.47 billion every year from exploitative pricing of their crops. Due to unfair trade terms, Ethiopian and Ugandan coffee farmers are estimated to lose 713.1 million USD and 229.7 million USD respectively in one year alone. This is according to the Misery at the Farm: Africa’s Coffee Farmers are Losing Billions to Exploitation report just released by Selina Wamucii. The report gives a most-recent and ground-up perspective on how Africa’s coffee farmers are exploited to death, in an industry that makes billions of dollars every year.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 28, 2020 11:26 UTC