Starbucks will double its purchases of fine coffee from East African countries by 2009, the vice president for procurement said Thursday... Starbucks Corp. also announced it would help small-scale coffee producers by providing US$1 million...in micro-financing loans and would set up a farmer support center in 2007 to improve bean quality... Oxfam's Horn of Africa regional director Abera Tola said the new measures taken by Starbucks were appreciated, but that they should also increase the price they pay for coffee.