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Spare a Cup

Coffee growers struggle to survive a global slump

By Megan Rowling

Last summer, after a worldwide plunge in coffee prices, thousands of unemployed coffee plantation workers in Nicaragua were forced to live in roadside camps. Conditions in the camps were appalling: Whole families were living in tents without adequate food supplies or sanitation facilities, and 45 percent of the children under five there suffered from chronic malnutrition, according to UNICEF and… return to article

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