In partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Coffee Rehabilitation and Agricultural Diversification Project in El Salvador will host the third International Sustainable Coffee Conference on August 29, 2018.
Free for attendees, the event will bring together producers, buyers, processors and importers from all sectors of the Salvadoran and international coffee industries. Themes covered will include the social, economic and environmental sustainability of the coffee sector—particularly in Latin America.
Panels of international experts will dive in to topics such coffee and climate research, agroforestry systems for sustainable coffee, sustainable marketing and coffee orchard conservation among other practical techniques and best practices.
The first International Sustainable Coffee Conference was held in 2016, bringing over 600 participants together to learn first-hand about best practices coming out of the organic and sustainable coffee industry.
“It’s important for us to join forces and work toward a sustainable transformation for the coffee sector. That’s why these types of conferences are so important,” said U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Jean Elizabeth Manes at the inaugural conference. She expressed the American people’s commitment to supporting both the Salvadoran coffee industry and best practices in agriculture, highlighting the key role that crops such as coffee play in the national economy.
Since then, the conference has only grown to include more opportunities for buyers and producers to connect and learn.
