by andrew | Nov 26, 2021 | agriculture, business, competitions, economic development, marketing, origin, policy, quality, science
Video presentations and materials below are from day two of the WIPO Regional Conference on Adding Value to Coffee Production with Intellectual Property, held November 11, 2021. Day one’s conference recordings can be found here. Ethical Coffee Certification:...
by andrew | Nov 26, 2021 | agriculture, business, competitions, economic development, marketing, origin, policy, quality, science
Three hundred viewers joined the WIPO’s Regional Conference on Adding Value to Coffee Production with Intellectual Property on November 10 and 11. Participants heard about the value of geographical indications and intangibles in coffee; how to improve production...
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 | Jun 15, 2019 | origin, quality, sustainability
An update of the Papua New Guinea Coffee Market Study written by me for PHAMA last year was published for the recent occasion of the country’s first national coffee symposium, which was held May 22-23, 2019 in Port Moresby. The event drew over 300 stakeholders...