A farmer at his coffee plantation. Premium earnings will be buoyed by the rise in global demand. Photo: courtesy of Reuters via Business Daily Business Daily April 14, 2008 Coffee producers are set to continue enjoying premium earnings in the medium term helped by a steady rise in demand for the commodity in the global market. An International Coffee Organisation (ICO) survey shows that though Arabica coffee prices recorded downward adjustments of about five per cent in March, the trend is expected to level out in the coming month as demand improves. Kenya exclusively produces small volumes of the much-sought high quality Arabica coffee. The ICO reckons that continuing fund activity in the commodity markets had triggered price volatility that has surprisingly worked in favour of Robusta producing nations such as Uganda with the prices climbing by as much as 5.6 per cent. “In the space of two days between March 5 and 6 quotations on the New York futures market (ICE) fluctuated by 5.5...