Martine Perret
2009, 10 July
Coffee Handler with Beans from Timor Cooperative, Dili, Timor-Leste
Color photograph
United Nations PhotoUN Photo/Martine Perret, www.unmultimedia.org/photo/, Photo ID 403756, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en
Coffee is not only the primary cash crop in Timor-Leste, it is the main income earner after oil and gas. Every year exports of organic certified coffee bring USD8 million in revenue. With 21,500 members, Cooperative Café Timor is the largest employer in the land during the coffee season, helping realise the Government's national priority of promoting rural development.
A coffee handler with coffee beans from Cooperative Café Timor.
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