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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1955Vol. XXVI, No.5

French Empire

p. 120 · Read in the full issue

Coffee Over-production in French Empire

BECAUSE coffee produced in the French Territories is generally of poor quality, according to world standards, and because the total French crop is expected to rise by 35,000 tons in the 1955-56

season to a total of 180,000 Noumea correspondent reports i there is considerable apprehem amongst French growers.

To improve the prospects disposing of the surplus outside; French Union, there are nu afoot in introduce a stri grading system in all French ; ducing areas.