Coffee Production to
Rise in Nicaragua
MANAGUA - Nicaragua will increase its coffee
production to 1,8 million tones in the
current harvest, which represents a 22
percent hyke over last year production,
reported the National Coffee Council (CONACAFE).
According to the report echoed by La Voz del
Sandinismo Bulletin on Monday, so far 141
million pounds of coffee have been harvested
from the 180 million planned for 2009-2010
period.
Nevertheless, production will be lower than
the two million initially planned for the
current period which would have represented
a rise of 40,000 million pounds compared
with 2008-2009 season that ended last
October, CONACAFE indicates.
Hightened rain and humidity provoked by the
climatic phenomenon known as El Niño
stimulate rapid coffee ripening, and this in
turn has reduced to two the regular three
blossomings, the report explains.
It also points out that harvest reduction in
Colombia has helped Nicaraguan coffee to
have better prices in the international
market, and this will offset income decrease
caused by a drop in production.
According to CONACAFE, the price today of
100 pounds of coffee is 131 dollars in the
international market.
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