There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
EARMARKING
Verb
earmarking
present participle of earmark
Noun
earmarking (plural earmarkings)
An earmark (identifying mark on the ear of an animal).
An earmark (funding designation).
Source: Wiktionary
EARMARK
Ear"mark`, n.
1. A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.
2. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark. Money is said to have no earmark. Wharton. Flying, he [a slave] should be described by the rounding of his head, and his earmark. Robynson (More's Utopia). A set of intellectual ideas . . . have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor. Burrow.
Ear"mark`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earmarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Earmarking.]
Definition: To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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