Coffee producers from Central America and Indonesia dominated the Taiwan International Coffee Show at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center yesterday, sending a strong message that small-scale farmers and their families rely on sustainable supply chains.
“For every five US dollars some big brands make, the farmer only gets one cent. As you can imagine, it’s an unfair game,” Zircle Coffee founder and CEO Elias Rivera told the Central News Agency.
His company promotes sustainable supply chains in his home country of Honduras, working with small farmers and buying coffee beans at a 10 to 20 percent premium compared with market prices, Rivera
Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) Coffee producers from Central America and Indonesia were out in force at the 2021 Taiwan International Coffee Show Saturday, pushing a message of sustainable supply chains to help support ordinary farmers and their families back home.