Africa must lead world coffee production in 10 years

Café Africa International, a research group based in Switzerland, said that Africa should again lead the global coffee production within a decade. "I have conviction that Africa is the largest supplier of coffee to the world market, they are consuming more and more product," said the chief executive (CEO) of the organization, John Schluter, in an event in Launde, capital of Cameroon.
John Schulter also said that Cameroon is one of several African countries offering incentives to try to reverse declining production. Among these incentives are providing funding and plants of high productivity, and modern for the renovation of coffee plantations and use of new methods properties.
The crop of Robusta coffee in Cameroon cycle 2012/13 totaled 16,175 tons, down 56% compared to 36,641 tones in 2011/12. On the same basis of comparison, Arabica production stood at 2,734 tones, an increase of 5%.
Despite the optimistic forecast John Schulter, there is still a long way to go. Ethiopia, the largest coffee producer in sub-Saharan Africa, only ranks fifth in the overall. According to the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the country accounts for between 7% and 10% of world production, or about 6.3 million 60-kilogram bags.
But Brazil should harvest 50 million bags this year, or one-third of world production. Last season, Africa produced 18 million bags, according to the International Coffee Organization (ICO).
Source: Revista Cafeicultura