production

Coffee production in Peru in the current season 2012/13 will be lower than expected, since the fungus “roya” affects more than a third of the country’s crops. According to the National Coffee Board of the country, around 130 000 hectares, a total of 415 000 hectares, are infected with the disease.

The Robusta coffee production in Vietnam should fall sharply this year as a prolonged drought wreaks havoc on crops in the country. Farmers said they expected that the harvest is 20% to 25% lower than the previous year due to dry weather during the important phase of flowering. Vietnam is the largest producer of this kind of coffee.

Uganda, largest coffee exporter in Africa, predicts quadruple coffee production in coming years to capitalize on the increasing global consumption and increase revenues with product shipment, said yesterday the country's president, Yoweri Museveni.
The East African nation plans to increase production to at least 12 million bags of 60 pounds over the medium term, compared to the current 3 million bags. The government is also exploring opportunities to add value to coffees and maximize returns.

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

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.

An unusual contamination and aggressive fungus Roya in the coffee plantations of Chiapas, Mexico, is threatening to reduce the country's coffee production in crop 2012/13, said Rodolfo Trampe, president of the Mexican Association of Coffee Production (Amacafe).
According to the executive, the production has the potential to grow to 20% in this cycle, compared to 2011/12, but the outbreak threatens that balance. Last season, Mexico harvested 4.3 million bags, according to data from the International Coffee Organization (ICO).

Nicaragua should produce 1.6 million bags of coffee during the 2012/13 season, which represents a decrease of 16% compared to the previous cycle, designed the sales director of the division of Nicaraguan Trading Mercon Coffee Corporation, John Gardina. He added that the harvest in the country in 2011/12 totalled 1.9 million bags of coffee, more than anticipated previously.

Coffee production in Colombia had a strong increase in December, but the total produced by the country in 2012 was lower than the previous year. The reason was the weather unfavourable for crops and plantation renewal program that was slow to generate results.
Last month, Colombia produced 904,000 60-kilogram bags, up 23% from the 735,000 bags of December 2011, according to data released by the National Federation of Coffee Growers (Fedecafe). In 2012, the Colombian production totalled 7.74 million bags, down 1% from the total harvested a year earlier.

The Vietnam’s coffee season 2012/13 should fall by about a quarter compared to the previous record registered in crop to 18.75 million bags of 60 pounds (1.1 million tons), and next season could be affected by drought, said on Tuesday an industry official.
A smaller crop in Vietnam, the largest producer of Robusta, can help support world prices even at a time when the world production in 2012/13, which should reach 147 million bags, is much higher than demand by 141 million bags according to a Reuteurs survey.