Colombia Coffee Federation to pay promised stipend to farmers for 2013
Colombia’s Coffee Federation (Fedecafe) has reportedly announced that it will pay the the...
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Why better prices doesn’t mean better conditions for Colombia’s coffee farmers
Colombia’s coffee farmers continue to struggle, despite an 80% rise in global prices that...
Colombia coffee farmers must work with federation: ICO
The International Coffee Organization (ICO) on Thursday extended its support to Colombia’s coffee federation (Fedecafe) while tens of thousands of growers continued to protest all across the country. “Of course we want the...
Colombia coffee federation rejects growers’ strike
Colombia’s coffee growers federation Fedecafe on Sunday rejected an imminent growers’ strike and calls on protesting farmers who demand more help from the government to negotiate. Fedecafe, the federation...
Colombia’s coffee sector woes continue
Colombia’s minister of agriculture said Wednesday that it is imperative the country changes the course of its declining coffee production. Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar expressed “the urgent need to change the...
Colombia’s coffee growers win European legal battles over brand names
Colombia´s federation of coffee growers [FEDECAFE] announces victory in two international legal battles over brand naming rights, reported local media Thursday. The first ruling centered on the use of the brand “The garden...
Colombia’s annual coffee production drops 12%
Colombia produced 7.8 million bags of coffee in 2011, the lowest production in 36 years, announced the National Federation of Coffee Growers Monday. This figure, the lowest annual production since 1976, represents a 12% drop in...
Spanish NGO to help Colombia’s farmers
Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers (Fedecafe) and a Spanish NGO signed an agreement intended to aid in the development of rural Colombian communities. The agreement, signed with Spain’s Humanism and...
Nestle, Fedecafe sign $3.2M deal
An “ambitious strategic alliance” for $3.2 million dollars has been signed between food and drink giant Nestle and Fedecafe, a labor union, which represents more than 500,000 coffee growing families in Colombia, El...
