by andrew | May 18, 2022 | business, economy, featured, industry, retail, starbucks
Yesterday afternoon I had the opportunity to be on of those network talking heads in an impromptu live discussion about the retail market for coffee in China on CGTN, the China Global Television Network. In retrospect, I might have addressed some of the questions a... 
by andrew | Oct 31, 2021 | agriculture, economic development, events, industry, marketing, origin, women
Regional Conference on Adding Value to Coffee Production with Intellectual Property The World Intellectual Property Association (WIPO) is hosting its first Asia/Pacific virtual conference dedicated to coffee production on November 10th and 11th, 2021. The program is... 
by andrew | Oct 2, 2021 | agriculture, business, economic development, economy, featured, industry, marketing, news, origin, quality, women
The International Trade Centre released an updated version of the Coffee Guide yesterday. The date (October 1st) is also International Coffee Day, a holiday established by the ICO to celebrate the importance of coffee production to humanity. In practice, it is mainly... 
by andrew | Aug 26, 2021 | agriculture, economic development, industry, news, origin, quality
Papua New Guinea’s national coffee regulatory authority has completed a rollout of the industry’s revised green bean standards and new regulation policy guidelines. Published by Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) and approved by the National Institute of Standards and... 
by andrew | Aug 9, 2021 | agriculture, economy, industry, news, origin, quality, sustainability
Key coffee market points Commodity coffee market prices remain extremely volatile Frost damage to Brazil’s crop caused a 37% price increase in July within a two-week period Internal market prices will rise smallholder coffee producing countries, but quality and trade... 
by andrew | Jul 29, 2019 | economy, industry, origin, policy
Introduction Coffee is a significant cash crop in Papua New Guinea (“PNG”), providing incomes for more than 2.43 million people that represent a large percentage of the country’s rural population (CIC, 2017; World Bank, 2019a). Many of the more than 37% of Papua New... 