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Article: MALAWI: COFFEE PRODUCERS AIM TO CULTIVATE SPECIALTY MARKET.
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- Interpress Service
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- November 23, 2007
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By Pilirani Semu-Banda
LILONGWE, Malawi, Nov. 21, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Malawi's coffee producers have come up with an innovative plan to kick-start the country's sluggish coffee industry, including the marketing of specialty blends that are uniquely Malawian.
Despite the boom in coffee consumption in many markets, Malawi has in recent years been struggling to find buyers for its locally produced coffee. Out of a total volume of 2,500 metric tons produced last year for the international market, local farmers only managed to export 1,307 metric tons.
There has been a downward trend in Malawi's coffee bean production every year since 1991, when the ...