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African coffee farmers combat climate change
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Ethiopia is known as the birthplace of coffee, and wild coffea arabica trees are common in Oromia, the nation’s largest and most forested regional...
Olam International announces 5-year loan from Ifc
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SINGAPORE - Olam International Limited (“Olam’’) announced on Tuesday that it has signed a 5-year US$175.0 million loan agreement with IFC, a member of...
World Bank hosts discussion on gender equity in coffee value chain
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Kimberly Easson, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Gender Program Advisor of the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI), presented at a World Bank event on...
World Bank revises down forecasts for oil prices, other key commodities in 2015 and 2016
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WASHINGTON, U.S. – In its latest commodity update, the World Bank is lowering its 2015 forecast for crude oil prices from $57 per barrel...
Two hundred million in Latin America at risk of poverty, says Oxfam
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The richest 1% in Latin America and the Caribbean owns 41% of the region’s total wealth and if this trend continues, in only 8...
World Bank to provide US$238 million to reform rice, coffee industries
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The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $315 million in two credits for Vietnam to support the government’s agriculture restructuring plan and help...
Well-supplied markets are continuing to drive down prices of commodities, says WB Report
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WASHINGTON – Well-supplied markets are continuing to drive down prices of commodities, across the board, says the latest issue of the World Bank’s Commodity...
ICO — Study seeks ways to improve risk management and access to finance in the coffee sector
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The discussion paper “Risk and Finance in the Coffee Sector: A Compendium of Case Studies Related to Improving Risk Management and Access to Finance...
WORLD BANK – Most commodity prices expected to continue declining in 2015, in rare occurrence, says WB Report
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WASHINGTON, US – This year may well see a rare occurrence for world commodity markets – a decline in all nine key commodity price...
WORLD BANK – Coffee and cocoa farmers in Papua New Guinea to benefit from a major Agriculture Project
WASHINGTON, US - The World Bank ’s Board of Executive Directors approved last Friday an additional US$30 million for the Productive Partnerships in Agriculture...