Buzzkill? How Climate Change Could Eventually End Coffee Researchers are desperately trying to keep up with new threats to the plant caused by global warming By Jason Koebler March 27, 2013 Millions around the world wake up and brew a cup of coffee before they start their day. But for many involved in the industry, […]
Cervical Cancer Prevention Campaign Recognizes International Women’s Day “In commemoration of International Women’s Day, Exportadora Atlantic S.A. and Grounds for Health invite you to the Cervical Cancer Prevention Campaign, March 7th at the Lacayo Farfan health center, starting at 8 am.” On March 7, 2013 Exportadora Atlantic, ECOM’s Nicaragua branch, teamed up with Grounds for […]
By Dan Molinski BOGOTA, Colombia–A top Colombian official said Thursday a two-week-old strike by coffee growers upset over falling prices is nearing an end, though he said negotiators from the two sides are yet to strike a deal on the key issue of subsidies. “There’s moderate optimism that today we’ll reach an agreement,” Agriculture Minister […]
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Coffee futures in New York slumped to the lowest in a month on signs that supply will outweigh demand due to a record crop in Brazil, the world’s largest grower and exporter. In the year that started Oct. 1, world coffee production is estimated at 144.5 million bags, a 7.3 percent increase from a year […]
The International Coffee Organization nudged higher its estimate for world coffee output even as it cautioned over the potential for heavy losses, and “serious long-term implications”, caused by disease in Central America. The intergovernmental group said that was “currently” estimating world coffee output in 2012-13 at 144.5m bags, up from an estimate of 144.06m tonnes […]
MANAGUA, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Nicaragua launched on Monday a program to train technicians fight a tree-killing fungus that has already hurt about a third of the country’s coffee plantations and is spreading fast across Central America. Agriculture minister Ariel Bucardo said the goal is to have 15,000 people, between experts and growers, ready to […]
By Andres R. Martinez, Andrew J. Barden & Isis Almeida – Jan 25, 2013 8:16 AM PT Coffee growing nations in Central America will need $300 million to fight a disease spreading in the region and reducing crops, said Nils Leporowski, president of Guatemala’s National Coffee Association, known as Anacafe. Guatemala, Central America’s second-biggest coffee […]
African coffee champion takes on Uganda challenge Roberts Mbabazi says he will solve all your coffee problems Although the stimulating properties of coffee are thought to have been discovered in Africa – according to legend, by an Ethiopian goatherd – the consumption of the beverage is not as widespread in the continent as it is […]
The newspapers in PNG have had the Wau-road on the front page for a few days: river broke its banks, mudslides, houses and people buried, and also a very near miss for MSS staff trying to get to the Wau network. Some pics to show the state of the road….it will be a bit before […]