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Jamaica’s Blue Mountain Coffee Festival returns this March
Promising a unique blend of flavours, entertainment, and a celebration of Jamaica’s rich coffee heritage, the festival will once again showcase the finest Blue Mountain Coffee and the vibrant culture that surrounds it.
JDE Peet’s partners with Enveritas to assess deforestation
The programme will leverage a combination of satellite imagery, artificial intelligence, and on-the-ground verification to measure the extent of coffee-related deforestation.
Farmers look to organic certified coffee for higher earnings in Africa
Organic farming is in its infancy in Africa, but producers, especially those in East Africa, realise they can fetch high premium prices for coffee grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides and artificial fertilisers. By Shem Oirere
Do tea farmers benefit from sustainable certification schemes?
New research from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) reveals that urgent action is needed to better reward tea farmers for using sustainable practices.
4C announces its EUDR solutions
The sustainability certification scheme for the coffee sector, 4C, has introduced its comprehensive “one-stop-shop solution” for supply chains in complying with the requirements of the EUDR.
Sustainability declaration signed by ICO, GCP and BMZ
The International Coffee Organization (ICO), Global Coffee Platform (GCP), and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) have signed a sustainability declaration.
Expocacer reports record coffee shipments in 2023
Cerrado Coffee Growers’ Cooperative (Expocacer) shipped more than 1.3 million 60kg coffee bags (nationally and internationally) in 2023, 20% more than in 2022, achieving a new historical record.
Redefined prospects for Robusta
For decades now, Robusta has been thought of as low quality, stagnating its growth. Now industry eyes are gradually being opened to the opportunities of, what the Wall Street Journal called, ‘the underdog bean’. By Kathryn Brand
Robustas hit a 25-year high, averaging 135.47 US cents/lb in December 2023
Robustas grew 10.5% to 135.47 US cents/lb, the highest level since May 1995, while rising tensions in the Red Sea have led some shipping lines to re-route their coffee-carrying vessels as well as add new surcharges.
Study shows negative carbon emissions on Cerrado Mineiro coffee farms
Imaflora published a study on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, carried out on coffee farms in the Cerrado Mineiro region, which shows that the farms sequester more carbon than they emit.
Coffee prices remain stable averaging above 160 US cents/lb in November 2023
The International Coffee Organization Composite Indicator Price averaged 161.53 US cents/lb in November, a 6.3% increase from October 2023.
World of Coffee Panama announced by SCA
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has announced World of Coffee Panama, the first World of Coffee event to be held in Central America.
Farmers’ Day: celebrating coffee farmers in Indonesia
T&CTJ’s editor, Vanessa L Facenda, just returned from Indonesia where she was able to participate in ofi’s Farmers’ Day, which celebrates, acknowledges and rewards the efforts and engagement of the farmers in its supply chain in Aceh.
Brazil’s São Mateus Agropecuaria wins top award at the 2023 EIICA
Brazil wins ‘Best of the Best Award’ while Guatemala wins the Coffee Lovers’ Choice Award at the 8th edition of the Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award.