In Brazil, agribusiness is one of the activities most flourishing, with the coffee business to be one of the main facilitators. The coffee sector has given, moreover, important contributions to the Brazilian trade balance.
SEBRAE MINAS has, since 2008, a project to meet family farmers Fair Trade and, in 2012, through this initiative, held the 1st Contest Specialty Coffee, in partnership with the Association of Producers Organisations Fair Trade in Brazil (BR Fair), focusing on the promotion of coffee produced on the basis of principles, concepts and criteria of fair trade in the country
According to preliminary data from the monthly statistical report of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), global exports of Arabica totalled 5,216,433 bags of 60 kg in January 2013, which entailed high of 14.88% in comparison with the 4,540,939 bags registered in the same month of 2012, and of 2.58% compared to 5,085,465 bags of December last year.
Vietnam continues as leader of world exports of Robusta coffee, with its shipments of presenting high 42.51% in January this year, compared to the same month in 2012 (1,894,605 bags of 60 kg). In the first month of 2013, the Vietnamese accounted for 71.57% of global exports of Conilon, having exported 2.7 million bags. The data, preliminary, are the statistical report of the International Coffee Organization (ICO).
Regular consumption of caffeine, at concentrations equivalent to five to seven cups of coffee a day reduces brain damage in a model of Machado-Joseph disease, concludes a study released today by the University of Coimbra.
The International Coffee Organization (ICO) on Friday estimated loss of 2.5 million bags of coffee of world production in 2012/13 season due to rust, a fungal disease that attacks the leaves of coffee trees. The losses could rise to about 4 million bags in crop year 2013/14, the organization added.
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