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What Is Italy's Global Coffee Initiative?
Italy's Foreign Ministry launched the Global Coffee Initiative on 14 October 2026 with the World Bank Group and CDP, which said it aims to mobilize at least US$500 mil...
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Where Does Vietnam Grow Arabica Coffee?
Sơn La, which holds nearly half of Vietnam's arabica area, broke ground on a coffee processing plant on 11 October 2026 during its second coffee festival, Nhan Dan and...
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Why Are Venezuelan Coffee Growers Protesting?
Coffee growers from Portuguesa and Lara protested outside Café Amanecer and Grupo Botalón in Araure on 12 October 2026, saying the roasters pay below the prices agreed...
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How Is the Strong Colón Affecting Costa Rica's Coffee Growers?
Costa Rica's coffee growers say the strong colón is forcing job cuts, and ICAFE board president Fernando Naranjo told The Tico Times on 7 October 2026 that growers rec...
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How Much Coffee Did Colombia Produce in the 2025-26 Coffee Year?
Colombia produced 12.65 million bags of coffee in the October 2025 to September 2026 coffee year, down 15%, according to National Federation of Coffee Growers figures.
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What Did the ICO's September 2026 Coffee Market Report Show?
The ICO's composite coffee price averaged 262.18 US cents per pound in September 2026, down 8.7% from August, as Brazil's record crop reached the market, the ICO repor...
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How Is El Niño Affecting Coffee?
El Niño is still strengthening, the US Climate Prediction Center said on 8 October 2026, as drought pushed Central American arabica premiums to about three-year highs,...
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How Much Coffee Did Kenya Sell at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange?
Kenyan coffee sold at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange earned Ksh 41.63 billion across 770,034 bags in the 2025/26 season, KBC Digital reported on 7 October 2026.
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How Much Coffee Did Brazil Export in September?
Brazil exported 3.93 million bags of green coffee in September 2026, up 20.4% on a year earlier and the most in 20 months, according to Secex data published on 6 October.
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Why Did Uganda's Coffee Exports Fall in August?
Uganda exported 737,766 bags of coffee in August 2026, 13.6% fewer than a year earlier, according to the country's monthly coffee report for August.
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Why Did Coffee Prices Fall in September?
Arabica coffee futures in New York fell 6.7% across September 2026, to 290.70 US cents a pound on the December contract, Safras & Mercado reported on 2 October 2026.
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How Much Coffee Will Peru Produce in 2026?
Peru's National Coffee Board expects the 2026 harvest to fall 18% to 22% to between 220,000 and 230,000 metric tons, Agraria reported on 1 October 2026.
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What New Coffee Varieties Is Rwanda Releasing?
Five coffee varieties, Geisha among them, are entering Rwanda's formal release process after eight years of field trials, World Coffee Research announced on 30 Septemb...
