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The rust (roya) and other diseases harm in 20% of coffee production in Central America in the new coffee crop year 2012/13, according to estimates by the Central Organization of Coffee Exporters (Orceca).
"About 20% of the Central American coffee, which equates to approximately 4 million quintals (bags of 46 pounds, will be affected by rust and other diseases," said

A cup of coffee a day helps protect the liver against serious diseases such as cirrhosis and cancer, especially when their cause is excessive consumption of alcohol, according to a study by the Italian Mario Negri Institute. According to the researchers, caffeine has beneficial properties if consumed in adequate doses, it inhibits the action of the enzymes gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), also called transferase and alanine transaminase (ALT), which is an indicator of cirrhosis, which triggers such diseases. We analysed 100 people for two months.

After causing a state of agricultural emergency in Honduras and Costa Rica, a fungus that destroys coffee plants has already affected 70% of plantations in Guatemala type. The crisis with the largest export country of Guatemalan economy can lead to collapse. According to the local correspondent of the BBC, thousands of jobs are to be lost.
The fungus, which in addition to Costa Rica and Honduras will also be present in Panama and El Salvador, have been spread easily by a 2 º C increase in average temperature of the region.

The NAMA (North American Association of Vending) recently announced that Nashville, the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee will be the host city of 6. Edition of CoffeeTea&Water, the great fair U.S. aimed at segments of the OCS, HORECA and hot drinks for vending.
Like the previous editions, this event very significant in terms of training, networking and exposure to the operators of coffee, tea and water, expected to become the largest platform for dialogue and interaction between the same agents.

For three days, 4-6 February, the Spanish Institute Foz was the stage for important items addressed to the world of coffee.
This initiative turned specifically around the world of coffee, their preparation and tasting, while addressed in detail latte art, the technique required to create designs on the surface of the cappuccinos.
In terms of the most significant took place 1. º Championship International Coffee Tasting School of Hospitality, 6.º Barista Championship International Hotel School and 1. º International Championship Professional Baristas HEI Foz 2013 .

Considered the second largest global consumer of coffee, surpassed only by the U.S., Brazil presented in 2012 a record high coffee consumption. Very concretely, this beverage consumption per capita in the country was 6.23 kilograms of raw coffee beans or 4.98 pounds of roasted coffee, equivalent to almost 83 liters per Brazilian annually registering There was thus an increase of 2% over the previous year.

Coffee production in Colombia is expected to reach 10 million bags this year, which would represent an increase of almost 30%, compared to 7.74 million bags in 2012, reported Fedecafé, which represents the producers of the country.
In January 2013, the production of grain Colombian registered an increase of 64% over the same month last year to 877,000 bags, since the crops were able to recover from the impact of bad weather. Exports rose 34% in the month, to 725 thousand bags.
Source: Revista Cafeicultura

For the month of December, the monthly report from the International Coffee Organization (ICO) shows that there has been a slight recovery in coffee prices, driven by growing concerns about the outbreak of coffee rust in Central America.

The International Coffee Organization (ICO) said the prospect of record production in Brazil during the cycle of low productivity is offset concerns about the spread of the fungus roya, which causes rust of coffee trees in plantations Central America.

In terms of statistics, coffee exports worldwide totalled in the last month of 2012, 9.42 million bags, compared with 9.14 million in the same period of 2011. In the first quarter of the coffee year 2012/13 (October to December 2012), exports grew by 15% to 28.3 million bags compared to 24.6 million bags recorded in the same period in coffee year above. More specifically, in 2012, exports of Arabica totalled 66.53 million bags, compared with 67.04 million bags in the previous year, whereas Robusta exports amounted to 46.62 million bags, face 37.53 million for the same period.