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The attack of rust on coffee plantations of El Salvador is in its phase of maximum infection, according Adán Hernández , in charge of integrated pest of coffee Procafé Foundation program.
The expert stated that, at this stage, the coffee plantations have largely affected the leaves, situation manifested by spots or blotches that appear on the leaves.


Coffee farmers in Vietnam, the world's largest producer of Robusta coffee, are limiting the sales of the record before the harvest festival of Tet Lunar New Year, as they expect prices to rise.


For the first time, a study presented "compelling evidence" that caffeine consumption is beneficial for memory.
Published in the issue of January 12, 2014 of the journal Nature Neuroscience, the study shows that consuming caffeine can improve memory and have a beneficial effect on capacity retention for up to 24 hours after consumption.
Research is considered an 'exclusive proof' that caffeine benefits to long-term memory because all involved participants took one tablet of 200mg of caffeine after seeing a series of pictures.


The Coffee Institute of Costa Rica (ICAFE) will provide producers seeds and coffee seedlings of the variety Obatã , which has high tolerance to rust .
Since 2012, this disease causes much damage to coffee production in the country due to the decrease in the attention of the coffee plantations and climatic aspects. The technical manager of ICAFE, Ramírez explained that Obatã variety is a plant type Sarchimores (cross between the variety Villa Sarchí and the Timor Hybrid), originating in Brazil.


New research from the University of Birmingham, UK, published on Thursday, in the scientific journal "PLoS ONE", shows that there is no relationship between moderate coffee consumption and dehydration.
This study began because of a previous research that showed the acute effects of caffeine as a mild diuretic, and a common assumption that caffeinated drinks such as coffee, had this effect. However, the effect of coffee consumption in fluid balance cannot be compared directly with that of pure caffeine.


Coffee prices may not recover quickly. The International Coffee Organization (ICO) made the prediction on Thursday. In the annual report published in the British capital, the entity mentions that the selling pressure seen in 2013 should continue in the coming months and only in the long term the trend can change.


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