Several other large coffee-producing countries, including Colombia, have been pushing for a return to export quotas to increase prices.
As part of his job, he visited the coffee-producing countries in Africa.
Howell continued to travel the world, visiting a range of coffee-producing countries and working as a coffee consultant.
Since the beginning of the year, the coffee-producing countries have been withholding about 20 percent of the green (unroasted) coffee from the market.
Hence it is now found worldwide in virtually all coffee-producing countries.
The Lorenzettis, a husband and wife team, created this project by documenting their visits to eight major coffee-producing countries.
That makes us a key player in the market and with key responsibilities to the coffee-producing countries.
Ten years ago coffee-producing countries received around one-third of every dollar spent on coffee.
The new rapid payment system, furthermore, makes it impossible to help coffee-producing countries.
It is given each year to only top coffees from participating coffee-producing countries.