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The recovery program of the coffee crop in Kwanza-South has the collaboration of the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP), developed under the project "Support to the relaunch of coffee production and agro business." The revelation was made by the head of the provincial department of the National Coffee Institute (INCA) in Kwanza-South, who stressed that the project, which began in November with six thousand farmers from Amboim, Qulienda Cassongue, has a run of 60 570 million kwanzas.

The coffee activity in Bengo province gains new momentum this year, with the commissioning of three new coffee shelling machines, at January 30, an initiative of the provincial government. These machines, with the ability to peel three tons/day each, were distributed to municipalities Dembos, Nambuangongo and Bula Atumba and will contribute to the revival of coffee activity in Bengo province, in times past, it has been a reference in coffee production in the country.

The president of Agro-Industrial Fishing and Coffee Cooperative of Ganda, Avelino Sawayanga said that intend to reactivate the coffee farms, later this year, so that the coffee processed in the region can reclaim their space in the consumer markets. The official believes that with government support, there will be conditions to restart production of this important product in Ganda, because already being registered all farms where coffee cultivation is paralyzed few years ago.

Arabica coffee futures, in their lowest levels in three years, may have reached the bottom said the bank Societe Generale, while "dramatically" reduced price estimates, citing better hopes for crops in Brazil and Colombia. The bank reduced its forecasts for Arabica futures heading for 2013 by 80 cents a pound, citing "gradual improvement" expected in production in Colombia, thanks to a program of replanting trees and improvements in agricultural practices.
Source: Revista Cafeicultura

The coffee quality is a priority of research that has highlighted the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) in the national and international scene. A dissertation on Tuesday (22/01), in the UFLA Department of Agriculture (DAG / UFLA), presented the results of physiological and biochemical tests used to evaluate and rank the quality of coffee. The new classification method by means of digital image processing can be used to complement the sensory analysis, traditionally used in the coffee industry.

Coffee prices traded in New York tend to rise in the first quarter, according to the Dutch bank Rabobank. The institution, one of the largest agricultural lenders in the world, says the market begins to reflect the fall in the prices of the Brazilian crop in 2013/14 and the deficit in the supply of global commodity.
Rabobank also believes that a reversal of the high short position of investment funds in the stock market and the fall of the difference between Arabica and Robusta coffees (traded in London) also favour a rise in prices in New York.

With the year 2013 begining, two points deserve attention in world coffee production. The first is the sudden and sharp drop in prices, which are pressed by factors different than the scenario indicates fundamental, and the second is the difficulty experienced in coffee plantations of Central America - almost as a whole - due to bad weather, lack of investment and especially the attack of the fungus roya, which causes rust.

Ecuador exported 1.57 million 60-kilogram bags of coffee in 2012, up 1% compared to the volume of 1.55 million bags exported in the previous year, said the Association of Coffee Exporters from Ecuador. The export figures include Ecuadorian Robusta, Arabica, green, soluble, roasted, among other types. The revenue from coffee exports also grew 1% from a year earlier to US$ 273 million.

Coffee consumption does not affect the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD), reveals a study by the Inter Graduate in Applied Human Nutrition (PRONUT) USP. The study of Juliana Gimenez Casagrande nutritionist in 115 patients with CAD shows an increase of 50 ml in daily intake of the drink, equivalent to a cup volume may decrease by about 3.15% probability the patient came to provide a framework more severe disease.

The grounds resulting from the preparation of coffee may have a final destination quite different from the usual. If, as a rule, almost always end up in the trash, they are, according to what suggests a survey released in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a rich source of antioxidants. This research points out, moreover, that the waste itself contain "more antioxidants than their own coffee beans."