Indian exports are down, but revenues rise
The amount of coffee that India has exported has dropped by around four per cent due to unstable market prices, according to the nation’s Coffee Board.
The total that left the country weighed in at 275,000 tonne, down from the 288,000 that was shipped during the 2013 calendar year. It also represents a dramatic drop from the 312,000 tonnes that India exported just two years ago.
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Quick focus: Uganda
Could we being see a shift in power in Uganda?
At the beginning of the week the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) came out and made the bold claim that the best coffee grown in the country is to be found in the Lira District and that the region is on course to become the leading producer of coffee.
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Sales of Chinese grown coffee to Starbucks rise
When you think of the major coffee growing nations of the world, China might not be the first country that springs to mind. However despite being a relatively small producer on the global stage, the amount of coffee being grown within Chinese borders is increasing and has found a fan in the American retail giants Starbucks.
Since the start of 2014 Starbucks has imported around 14,000 bags of arabica from Chinese plantations, almost five times the amount that was brought in during the course of 2013. These figures come from the shipping intelligence company PIERS.
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Ethiopia ranked as the best coffee growing country
The lifestyle magazine Thrillist polled a number of experts in the coffee industry recently in a bid to determine what the best coffee growing country in the world is.
In total, eleven coffee connoisseurs were quizzed about their preferences in the industry and, importantly, which nation nurtured the best beans.
“Being a coffee superpower requires years of economic, infrastructural, and government investment,” wrote Dan Gentile in the prelude to his original piece, but which country came out on top?
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Queensland coffee on track
When one thinks of a coffee growing nation, traditional powerhouses such as Brazil, Colombia and Ethiopia probably spring to mind. But the coffee belt spans many nations; some are located firmly within the prosperous geographical area whilst others brush against it, forcefully trying to get a piece of the action. One such country that straddles this wondrous ‘belt’ is Australia, and some coffee farmers based in the state of Queensland are beginning their harvest right on time.
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Drought and fire impact Jamaican coffee industry
The immediate future for Jamaica’s coffee industry does not look promising. A sustained period of drought, coupled with a bush fire that tore through 50 acres of coffee plantations recently, has seen Senator Norman Grant, the President of Jamaica’s Agricultural Society, state that production will be low and export targets are likely to be missed.
The news was delivered on the eve of Denbigh’s annual agricultural show, which began earlier this week.
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5 year plan for the Zimbabwean coffee industry
People within the Zimbabwean coffee industry have come up with a brand new five year plan to revive production in the country, aiming to boost income for over 50,000.
After a number of successive droughts, limited irrigation, infrastructure and funding, combined with a lack of general expertise in the sector, Zimbabwe has seen their coffee levels dramatically fall in recent years. At one point the crop, the world’s second most traded commodity, used to be the country’s fifth highest foreign currency earner; today it’s nowhere near those lofty heights of old.
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Growers in the Ivory Coast set to receive new coffee trees from Nestle
Coffee farmers in the Ivory Coast will soon be receiving a batch of disease-resistant plants as part of an initiative to increase Robusta production in the country.
Led by Nestle, the world’s biggest maker and marketer of coffee in the world, it is hoped that levels of robusta will rise in West Africa by around 40% in a six year period.
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Growing coffee in the Ajodhya Hills
Known for its high-quality Darjeeling tea, the Indian region of West Bengal is about to see the introduction of a number coffee plantations as part of a new government-led initiative that is hoped will bring new jobs and tourism to Faizabad and its surrounding areas.
The state government is working alongside the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) in order to bring coffee to the tea-stronghold of West Bengal. The first scheme that is being organised will see coffee and tea plantations be located in similar locations situated across the rolling landscapes that form the Ajodhya Hills.
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Low this year, high next year: the futures of Honduran coffee
The coffee industry in Honduras, the third-highest producer of coffee in the Americas behind Brazil and Colombia, received both good and bad news over the weekend.
Production in the Central American country is set to dramatically drop this term as estimates have been revised downwards as coffee rust has blighted the current crop, however it is expected to bounce back next year with early forecasts predicting the second highest yield on record will be picked.
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