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Situation caused by the coffee rust in Central America is critical

15/05/2013

The Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), Robério Silva in an exclusive interview with Coffee Break, said the situation of coffee producers of the five countries he visited in Central America is "distressing and disturbing." Robério visited Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to check closely the damage caused by the outbreak of rust in coffee. "Come on in the crop and realized what caused the disease, all the foliage is on the ground," said the director of the ICO.

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Uganda increased by 7% its projection coffee production for 2012/13 crop

10/05/2013

The state agency Development Authority Uganda Coffee rose 7% on Friday the projection of the country's production in marketing year 2012/13, which ends in September, citing favourable weather conditions in the growing areas of the country, said the manager responsible for the quality strategy and business development agency, Norman Mutekanga.

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Coffee reduces by half the recurrence of breast cancer

08/05/2013

Drinking coffee can cut in half the risk of recurrence of breast cancer. Is the conclusion of a study by scientists at the University of Lund (Sweden) and published in the journal Cancer Causes Control.
A team of researchers followed more than 600 patients with breast cancer for about five years. Approximately half of them took the drug Tamoxifeno. The patients taking this medicine and who consumed two or more cups of coffee per day had a rate of recurrence of breast cancer more than 50% lower compared with patients taking Tamoxifeno but did not drink coffee.

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AICC promoted coffee consumption

23/04/2013

Newly completed, Alimentaria & Horexpo Lisboa 2013, held 14-17 April at FIL (Lisbon), took the coffee sector as one of its main protagonists.
To mark the World Coffee Day, which took place April 14, the AICC (Industrial and Commercial Coffee Association, a nonprofit organization, according to information posted on the portal Money, indicates that about 80% of the Portuguese drank coffee daily .

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ICO points world coffee production 2012/13 at 144.6 million bags

09/04/2013

The International Coffee Organization (ICO) has pointed out that the world coffee production in 2012/13 (October / September) should stay at 144.646 million bags of 60 pounds, thus an increase of 6.4% compared with the 2011/12, which is placed on production 135,933,000 bags. The numbers run from March report of the ICO.

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Coffee price remains stable

09/04/2013

Relative to last March, the monthly report of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) indicates stabilizing prices of coffee, with the monthly average of the ICO composite remain essentially unchanged from the previous month.
The outbreak of coffee rust in Central America has produced devastating effects at the social and economic losses in the region, estimated by PROMECAFE of 2.3 million bags, worth about 550 million dollars, and about 441,000 posts direct labour.
However, global production for the coffee year 2012/13 remains at 144.6 million bags.

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