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Drinking coffee reduces risk of heart failure

19/09/2013

According to a scientific review conducted by a group of North American researchers, published in Circulation Heart Failure - Journal of the American, in a press release, it is possible to conclude that moderate coffee consumption reduces the risk of heart failure, and the best results arise associated with the consumption of four cups of coffee per day. The meta-analysis included 6,522 cases of heart failure and 140,220 participants. These findings have demonstrated the benefits of coffee in the fight against cardiovascular disease.

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ABIC increases surveillance

16/09/2013

ABIC (Brazilian Association of Coffee Industry) announced in a press release that will expand next year, their Purity Seal program, which aims to combat frauds that are detected in the raw material used in the manufacture of roasted and ground coffee.
Nathan Herszkowicz, executive director of the organization, said that the number of samples analysed by laboratories accredited by the current program will be 2800 to 6000 in 2014.

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Major producers of Arabica coffee claim that rust is under control

14/09/2013

The rust, a fungal disease that recently dropped to 30% of some coffee plantations of Andean countries and Central America, should not disturb the production of Arabica mild this season, said officials and experts during the ICO (International Coffee Organization) conference in Belo Horizonte.
Colombia and Mexico, two major producers in the region, should not suffer significant losses for the disease that can destroy entire crops if not properly controlled by spraying, making green fruits fall from the trees.

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ICO defends supply ordering not to press prices

13/09/2013

The executive director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), Robério Silva said on Thursday, 12, in Belo Horizonte, that the other producer countries, such as Colombia, should follow Brazil's example and adopt measures to support spatial coffee supply in order to reduce pressure on prices. The final document of the meeting held by the countries members of the ICO along this week in the state capital shows concern for current prices, which are the lowest since 2009. "Any initiative to balance supply and demand is always welcome," he stressed.

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Colombia predicts pest control in coffee production

11/09/2013

The pest control of coffee rust and coffee plantations renewal program will allow a steady growth of beans production in Colombia in 2014, said on Wednesday Juan Esteban Orduz, president of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia.
"The problem of coffee rust is under control, thanks in part to the production of varieties resistant to this fungus and renovation program coffee plantations", said Juan Orduz who participates in Belo Horizonte meeting of the 50th anniversary of the International Coffee Organization (ICO).

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