Considering what we eat and drink every day,most of us are living a decent life or much better ones,because some of us can sit in an Italian restaurant and enjoy the food or drinks from the wealthy countries.We are much better than Ethiopians,obviously.
Nearly most of the ppl aroud us know Nestle,Kraft,Procter&Gamble and Sara Lee,all the four are multinations that dominate the coffee world.They regulate the market,and there exists a 'C'market in New York.If the price of coffee drops 5 cents in 'C'market,then the price of the real comodety will drop 5 cents also,totally regardless of coffee farms' toiling.
All the farmers only make half of a dollar for one kilo beans.And this is a pretty good price ,however.They said they would sore over the sky if this happened.I don't know how to express my feelings over this issues.People there are still work in co-operatives,they are still work in group to generate a better future.They don't even have sufficient hard currency to rebuild their school or buy a new blackboard,they just say'we can't afford that...'When Tadess brought back what they were supposed to obtain,look how happy these farmers are,though these money were not using for themselves,only for an inferior 'new' school,they can't even afford a decent one.
But Ethiopia is supposed to be the birthplace of coffee,these ppl are the fathers and mothers of coffee!How can Starbucks treat them like that!Such a low price,do not even enought for a normal life,I can't imagine how cruel these businessmen are.
Not knowing Africa enough before,I thought ppl there are lazy to lead such a poor life.But now in hindsight,I would think it is because traders in developed countries are robbers.They do not treat ppl equally.They put them in a desperate situation,and then they have no idea about why they are toiling drastically but still trapped in femine and all kinds of malnurished kids.Even worse ,they eliminated the coffee plots to plant the 'chat' which is a narcotic plants that is not allowed in America and most of the Europe.
No one wants to die.
Next time when you sit in a Starbucks,I hope you can think more benethe the roma of the liquid.Think about how many hardships the coffee farmers have experienced,and how low price they get from one kilo coffee beans and how high profits eventually fall into the retailers' pockets.
You must be intellectual on this ,what I mean is ,if you have watched this documentary.
