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Picked, dried, roasted coffee beans

2011-11-22T23:58:00.001-08:00

Set back from the bush to the cup, the coffee bean has a long way - as
the example of smallholders in the Central American country of
Nicaragua shows.

Coffee from Nicaragua was in the early days of the fair trade symbol
of international solidarity in general. Coffee is still a very
important export product for the Central American country - but is the
"brown gold" for about four percent of total economic output of the
country.

1.5 million bags with 60 kilos of coffee beans produced in the
previous year, the bulk of it is shipped via the port of Puerto Cortes
in Honduras neighboring country - the USA and Europe. Nicaragua itself
has no suitable harbor. The three most important countries for
acceptance Nica coffee are the United States, Germany and Venezuela.

Until that happens, however, the coffee bean a laborious and long way:
pick the fertile highlands of the Matagalpa region, about 150
kilometers from the capital Managua, countless small farmers, the
cherry-red fruit of the coffee bushes - and handpicked, so with the
so-called "pick" method. This is the daily yield 50-100 kilograms of
coffee cherries, which deliver just ten to 20 kilograms of coffee
beans. For a 60-pound bag that is three to six harvests are necessary
- and the fruit will require approximately 100 shrubs.

Cooperative with 2627 members

Are organized into cooperatives, small farmers, such as "Cecocafen" in
Matagalpa. The cooperative was founded in 1997 has twelve
sub-cooperatives with a total of 2627 members (700 women) and 8500
hectares. For more than ten years Cecocafen even has its own drying
system - and can therefore control the entire process of taking over
the coffee from small farmers to export to.

A major customer is the Fair Trade Organization (Cecocafen coffee in
Austria under the brand "Nica" available), because 40 percent of the
total production of the cooperative are Fairtrade certified. This
means that these farmers receive a guaranteed minimum price, so a kind
of safety net to bottom) of 140 U.S. dollars per quintal (45.4
kilograms) and a Fair Trade premium in the amount of 20 dollars per
quintal. It is crucial that the premiums in high-price periods (as
currently) at the higher world market price can be beat.

How to Use This premium does the cooperative jointly anew each year
from a part of it must be mandatory, but investing in quality
improvement and productivity enhancement. At the same time certified
farmers have some labor laws (no child labor to ten years, the right
to freedom of association, discrimination, etc.) and comply with
environmental standards.

"With the help of Fair trade, I just can not get my farm better," said
Jose Valdivia in the small farming village of Aqua Maria in the
Matagalpa region. "It is important for my children, especially the
ability to obtain, with the help of a scholarship to attend school.
This means that school transport and covered the cost of textbooks.
Members of Fair Trade certified farms are entitled to this
scholarship. "

The biggest challenge for the cooperative is currently the high world
price for coffee: "This means that we need higher spending on the
purchase of coffee beans from small farmers," says managing director
Maurizio Cecocafen Ruiz. "This presents us with some financial
problems before. Fair Trade supports us but this. "

Fair Trade also granted an organic premium of 30 U.S. dollars per
quintal. But the farmers are reluctant to change, "organic farming for
small farmers is often difficult to finance, can finally reduced at
the start of the conversion yield of 30 to 40 percent," says Ruiz.

Dried in the sun

After the cooperative Cecocafen farmers have bought their goods, have
the beans quickly processed and, above all, be dried - as in the
processing plant "Beneficio Solcafé": "Before drying in the sun, the
beans have a moisture level of 40 to 50 percent," Ivan says Zelaya,
the manager of Solcafé.

After drying, which would last five days on the stone floor on the
ground and up to seven days, as the beans to a moisture level of 12 to
13 percent. Within eight hours, the beans are turned over during the
drying phase four to six times - usually by seasonal workers, who earn
an eight-hour day, about six U.S. dollars.

After drying the coffee beans come to a camp for a month in order to
achieve a homogeneous delivery of moisture. Roasted and packed coffee
is coming from the Cooperative Cecocafen to Austria, in Groningen in
the Netherlands - from there it is transported to Austria.

Raw sugar and coffee Arabica prices on multi-year highs

2010-12-02T06:51:00.000-08:00

Frankfurt (aktiencheck.de AG) - The prices of raw sugar and coffee Arabica in November could rise to multi-year highs, the analysts at Commerzbank Corporates.

Inflationary were the announcement of a further quantitative easing of U.S. monetary policy, but also offer some disappointing news from some producing countries have been. This season was a balanced relationship between supply and demand expected, which should moderately dampen future price development. With low stocks should stabilize the prices of sugar and coffee at a relatively high level. The cocoa price should evolve in the face of an expected market surplus remains below par.

The analysts expect that the uncertainty and fear of supply shortages in the sugar price would hold until the spring at a high level around 30 U.S. cents. With the new crop in Brazil, the situation should relax and give in to the price of sugar by the end of 2011 to 25 U.S. cents. This is particularly true when the concrete was developed by ISO in a first forecast for next year's harvest expected surplus of 2.5 million tonnes. The development of this year show that the price decline could be much stronger if the financial investors would withdraw their funds.

For coffee, the supply situation will remain tense. This should help ensure that the prices of Arabica and Robusta in the coming months would remain well supported. Here, the analysts would expect because of harvesting problems in Brazil believe that the price of Arabica develop relatively better. The analysts expect for 2011 with an average price of 215 cents per pound of coffee beans for Arabica and Robusta $ 1,950 per tonne.

The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) has yet their appreciation for the balance of the market correction began in October year 2010/11 up and expects a supply surplus of 100 thousand tons. The expected surplus speak for moderate falling cocoa prices in 2011. Analysts at Commerzbank Corporates & Markets expect an average price of 2,650 USD per tonne. In the case of short coverings by financial investors, it could come in the meantime always raise prices. (25.11.2010/ac/a/m)

Coffee prices to record high

2010-08-11T02:54:00.001-07:00

29th July 2010, 13:28

The raw coffee prices have increased by 30 percent through July, the hope is now on the Brazil crop

Vienna - The world market for coffee has great turmoil currently suspended. Concerns about shortages of the Robusta and Arabica varieties, the prices were on the commodity exchanges in London and New York in the year by 30 percent to skyrocket. Simultaneously, the worldwide coffee consumption, since the year 2000 world quarter.

By the International Coffee Organization (ICO), calculated average price for green coffee in June 2010 rose to 142.2 cents per pound - that's the highest number since the price monitor is created. Compared with June 2009 (119.1 US-Cent/Pfund), this means an increase of 20 percent. By the end of July is the raw coffee price continued to rise to 153.4 cents, an increase of 30 percent over the previous year.

Record prices for arabica beans

Especially high-quality Arabica beans achieved record prices: with 224.5 cents in June 2010 we had a pound for Arabica pay more than twice as much as four years ago (2006: 105.8 US-Cent/Pfund). As a special cost for the European coffee sector is the weak euro against the dollar added. This is of course good news for people having coffee for sale offered to these markets.

Declining supplies from producer countries, notably Colombia and Vietnam, the stocks of the international coffee exchanges have, according to experts shrink concern. The inventories have been reduced drastically in recent months, said the managing director of cafe + co, Gerald Steger, told the APA. Steger expected price increases for consumers at present - not yet - who were the current purchases of the coffee roaster backed by ongoing contracts.

In particular, Colombia, traditionally the second biggest coffee producer after Brazil and also the most important sellers of the mild variety popular in Austria Arabica, has in recent years brought fewer crops and has now slipped behind Vietnam and Indonesia ranks fourth among the major producing countries.

2009 was at 7.8 million bags of 60 kilograms in Colombia, the lowest amount harvested the last 33 years, up from 11.1 million bags 2008th Reasons for the setbacks in coffee cultivation in Colombia are heavy rains, the weather phenomenon El Nino, has become more costly fertilizers, insect pests and leaf diseases.

Nationwide reconstruction program

In addition, a nationwide long-term rebuilding program decimated in favor of planting new shrubs coffee harvests in recent years. Because of the modified low coffee prices also many farmers have moved on to the illegal cultivation of cocaine. However, the weather conditions improved so that it could be in the new year 2010/11 was expected to yield greater of 10.5 million bags, analysts said.

But the world's largest supplier of used primarily for the classic espresso Robusta - Vietnam - had modified crop failures. The sales are currently around 20 percent below the previous year. Moreover, preventing an exceptional drought in Uganda, Africa's leading coffee producer, this year the performance of the crop forecasts.

All hope is currently Brazil, although experts expect that previous predictions were screwed on the new harvest is too high. The harvest would still be good, and if enough green coffee comes in the autumn on the market could relax until the end of the prices, hoping Steger.

Stable production expected

The ICO in London pays for the outgoing 2009/10 season with a stable global generation of 120.6 million bags and is only for 2010-11 again an increase to 133-135 million bags in sight. Significantly to this increase should help Brazil can be expected where a 2010-11 harvest of around 50 million bags, which would mean an increase over the previous year of more than one million bags.

At the same time, the worldwide coffee consumption is increasing steadily. According to data of the ICO were last year consumed 132 million bags of coffee - 25 percent more than 2000th For 2010, experts expect despite the economic crisis with a further increase to 134 million bags.

cafe + co belongs to Leipnik-Lundenburger Invest AG, employs 1,200 employees and currently operates with 17 subsidiaries in twelve countries. With up to 5,000 tonnes of green coffee per year, the company is one of the largest coffee buyers in Austria. To control the coffee price fluctuations, contrary wants cafe + shop now co-producing more directly to sustainable plantations. Of the currently about 500 million coffee pods, each year the café + co-units are to be consumed, 200 million medium term come from sustainably harvested.

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