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Venezuelan coffee sector struggles with economic and structural problems
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MILAN – The Venezuelan coffee sector is struggling with shortages of fuel, agro-chemicals, and replacement parts, says USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service in its latest...
Jeffrey Young: «The industry has overcome adversity before and it will rise again»
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LONDON, UK – These are hard times for the out-of-home coffee sector, with restaurant, bars and coffee shops closed in a growing number of...
France faces a major croissant shortage because of soaring costs of butter
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PARIS—A looming butter shortage has pushed prices up to exorbitant levels, and one baking industry group is warning of “a major crisis” that could imperil the very existence of the croissant as we know it—or at least as we ought to know it. A “major crisis” over a crescent roll? Oh, yes.
Nestle India plans to diversify into premium coffee and cereals segment
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NEW DELHI, India – Out of Maggi crisis, FMCG firm Nestle India, is looking to diversify into new segments like premium coffee business, pet...
Coffee, Critters, and Crisis
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by William Foreman With the world’s largest coffee-growing regions under threat, two U-M researchers continue poring over better ways to control pests by harnessing the...
GUATEMALA – A family weathers the coffee rust crisis
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GUATEMALA CITY – Idalia López and Moisés Ramírez are Guatemalan smallholder farmers whose livelihoods have been devastated by Coffee Rust. Like millions of other Central...
GREECE – Homegrown brand overtakes international giants
Homegrown brand Mikel Coffee Co., has been doing well in Greece since it launched in 2008 at the start of the crisis. Mikel coffee shops...
COOPERATION – USAID, Texas A&M invest $5 million to combat Coffee Rust Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced a $5 million partnership with Texas A&M University’s World Coffee Research to...
WATER CRISIS – Keurig Green Mountain funds four organizations with $11 million commitment
WATERBURY, Vt. – As part of its focus on water stewardship, Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. has announced a multi-faceted effort to address the long-term,...
LESSONS FROM THE CRISIS – In Greece, recovery starts with fast food and coffee
Graphics artist and part-time barmaid, Mariza Papasmiria struggled for years juggling her two jobs, working in Greece seven days a week for 1,600 euros...