Jamaica seeking new partners for coffee marketing in China In December 2012, it was announced in the Jamaican press that the Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture would be terminating its exclusive marketing con... 02/02/2013
Tanzania Coffee Board looking for market diversification In the face of falling global coffee prices, which are reflected in the prices obtained at the Moshi weekly coffee auctions, it is reported in the... 02/12/2012
Divergent views on short and long-term price prospects for arabica coffee According to reports by commodity analysts in the press, while arabica coffee prices in mid August were 2.1% lower for September, at 158.55 cents/l... 11/11/2012
Executive Brief Update 2012: Central Africa: Agricultural trade policy debates and developments About this update This brief was updated in October 2012 to reflect developments since July 2011. The 2011 publication was based on a fuller b... 05/11/2012
Executive Brief Update 2012: Caribbean: Agricultural trade policy debates and developments About this update This brief was updated in October 2012 to reflect developments since July 2011. The 2011 publication was based on a fuller b... 05/11/2012
Jamaican coffee sector falls short of expectations A report in the Jamaican press indicates that Jamaica’s coffee has ‘fallen short of expectations’ with an ‘18.5% decline in production’ in the curr... 28/10/2012
Multiple efforts under way to promote coffee production in Samoa While coffee has been grown in Samoa since the 1930s, the robusta coffee beans produced are not up to standards expected in the market. Productivit... 08/10/2012
Poor start to Brazilian coffee crop prompts price recovery Press reports indicate that Brazil’s 2013 coffee crop got off to a bad start, ‘raising the risk of a disappointing crop’. This follows a poor-quali... 08/10/2012
Developing new partnerships for movement up the coffee value chain According to press reports, while currently Kenya ‘sells most of its coffee to Europe’, Chinese partners are being sought for joint ventures in cof... 09/09/2012
The role of private standards in sustainable development According to Hans-Peter Egler, head of trade promotion at the Swiss Government Secretariat for Economic Affairs, private voluntary standards (PVS)... 03/09/2012