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Colombia coffee production continues upwards
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USDA GAIN semi-annual report on Colombia estimates that Colombian coffee production will increase to 14.0 million bags GBE in MY 2015/16 (October through September),...
Hawaii’s coffee industry sees drop in value
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Hawaii’s most recent annual coffee harvest wasn’t as bad as previously estimated, but it was still down from the prior season, according to a...
Colombia promotes integrated pest management to prevent the spread of Coffee Berry Borer
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Colombian coffee growers are increasingly recognizing the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of coffee berry borer as the most effective ...
FNC warns producers against coffee berry borer
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BOGOTA, Colombia –The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) urges coffee producers to control the incidence of coffee berry borer throughout El Niño. The plague...
Biology: The coffee pest’s Achilles heel
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Gut microbes are responsible for the breakdown of caffeine in the most devastating insect pest coffee, reveals a new study in Nature Communications this...
U.S. Congress to grant another $1 million to fight coffee berry borer in Hawaii, Puerto Rico
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Hawaii’s congressional delegation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday the grant of another $1 million, to be shared with Puerto Rico, to...
USA – Hawaii coffee crop down 4 percent in 2014/15, says estimate
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The presence of CBB (coffee berry borer) may still be affecting Hawaii coffee crop, as shown in the most recent data from the state...
USA –Hawaii Board of Agriculture extends quarantine restrictions for CBB infestation
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The Hawaii Board of Agriculture on Tuesday decided to place coffee grown on all areas of Oahu under the same quarantine restrictions as previously...
WEBINAR – Growing Coffee without Endosulfan – experiences with cultural controls for Coffee Berry Borer (CBB)
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In the first of three webinars to be delivered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this installment looks at Integrated Pest Management practices...
ICO – Growing coffee without Endosulfan: safer alternatives to manage the Coffee Berry Borer
LONDON – As a persistent organic pollutant under the Stockholm Convention, the hazardous insecticide Endosulfan needs to be phased out globally. A new report...