LONDON, UK – Until recently Vietnam and Uganda shared a similar trajectory in the development of their coffee sectors. Today, Vietnam has emerged as the second largest coffee producer in the world. In Uganda, poor agricultural inputs and a failing institutional environment have resulted in low yields and slower development of the sector.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Ongoing problems for Mexican coffee producers have resulted in the worst year ever for the industry with total output during the 2015-2016 harvest season of just over 2 million 69-kilogram sacks. During their heyday some 20 years ago, cafetaleros produced around 6.5 million sacks of coffee beans.
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Every year, the archipelago is jockeying with Colombia for the title of “the world’s third largest coffee producer.” As the country’s middle-class has grown in recent years – and local demand for coffee continues to rise – the price consumers pay in the supermarket for their favourite bag of ground arabica depends on rainfall in Indonesia.
BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia, the world's leading producer of mild washed Arabica coffee, produced a total of 1.02 million 60-kg bags in March, an 8.1% increase compared to the 944,000 bags produced in the same previous month. Year-to-date production reached nearly 3.6 million bags.
LUSAKA, Zambia – Zambia’s coffee production for the 2017/2018 farming season will reach 2 300 tons. This is an increase of more 1 400 tons compared to last year. Zambia Coffee Growers Association (ZCGA) chief executive officer Joseph Taguma said the bulk of the projected output is from Northern Province.
ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire – The current review reports on cocoa price movements on the international markets during the month of February 2017. Chart I illustrates price movements on the London (ICE Futures Europe) and New York (ICE Futures U.S.) markets for the month under review.
BANGALORE, India – Coffee Board has anticipated a sharp dip in the overall production of coffee in the year 2016-17 as the Western Ghats witnessed erratic rains in February and March. Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Industry Minister informed in a written reply to Parliament that changing climatic conditions, especially unpredicted rainfall ...
BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia, the world's leading producer of mild washed Arabica coffee, produced a total of 1.29 million 60-kg bags in February, an 18% increase compared to the 1.1 million bags produced during the same previous month. Year-to-date production reached nearly 2.6 million bags.
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is to join the Federation of Agriculture Commodity Association of Nigeria (FACAN) to raise cocoa production to 1.2 metric tonnes yearly. FACAN President, Dr Victor Iyama told The Nation that the Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh, at a meeting with ...
KAMPALA, Uganda – A coffee replanting initiative, which started nearly five years ago, is expected to boost the country’s crop volumes starting this year. “We are seeing an increase in the coffee export volumes this year as the crops we started planting more than three years ago in the replanting exercise have started to yield,” said ...