{"id":275942,"date":"2020-07-03T17:38:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T20:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=275942"},"modified":"2020-07-03T18:26:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T21:26:34","slug":"higher-costs-uncertain-sales-mark-coffee-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/higher-costs-uncertain-sales-mark-coffee-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher costs, uncertain sales mark coffee crop"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The pandemic is expected to drive up the cost of harvesting coffee in Brazil. to make ends meet, producers are betting their chips on specialty coffee. The caveat is that caf\u00e9s are closed in major cities like S\u00e3o Paulo, which used to be the biggest buyers of high-end product. The topic was in discussion during a live stream hosted by the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (Cecaf\u00e9) this Thursday (2). The event featured speakers from several coffee-producing regions in Brazil, including Cerrado Coffee Growers Federation chairman Francisco Sergio de Assis; Agricaf\u00e9 CEO Silvio Leite; wholesaler association Centro de Com\u00e9rcio de Caf\u00e9 de Vit\u00f3ria (CCCV) chairman Marcio Candido Ferreira; and Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) researcher Enrique Anast\u00e1cio Alves, in Rond\u00f4nia.<\/p>\n

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Silvio Leite said pandemic-related measures are here to stay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Leite, Covid-19 prevention measures have been put in place at farms, and this should require higher investment in crops. \u201cWorker care has taken a very different shape. Only half of crews will be involved in transportation, so that will drive up costs, but fortunately so far we haven\u2019t had any cases, any complications anywhere,\u201d he said in reference to Bahia, the state he works in.<\/p>\n

Leite also noted that the pandemic has prevented workers coming from elsewhere, a formerly widespread practices in many areas. \u201cBasically, we are working with local labor. This is a problem in many areas that used to get workers from Bahia. So far, the harvest is going well [in terms of labor force],\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Once harvesting is over, there\u2019s uncertainty over product sales. Instead of caf\u00e9s, online sales and supermarkets are expected to take charge, but there are questions regarding the extent to which that will be the case. \u201cProduction of commodity coffee is going really well, with high output. Now, the challenge is that Rond\u00f4nia is specializing in specialty coffee grown by family farmers, and being away from big cities makes selling a complex affair. At a national level, we can tell that major buyers are involved with caf\u00e9s, and caf\u00e9 sales are down 40% in Brazil. household consumption has gone up, but what type is this coffee?\u201d, inquires Enrique Anast\u00e1cio Alves.<\/p>\n

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Enrique Alves is working to boost the quality of Robusta coffee in the Amazon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The main question facing producers everywhere is whether higher-quality caf\u00e9 purchased by these establishments will sell in retail instead. \u201cWe have smallholder coffee farmers. We\u2019re in the hands of wholesalers and exporters. Farmers are learning to grow quality coffee and sell it away from the farm. I believe this is a productive thing, in spite of the turmoil we are going through,\u201d the Embrapa Rond\u00f4nia researcher said regarding the Amazon, where Canephora coffee \u2013 also known as Conilon or Robusta \u2013 is grown.<\/p>\n

In Minas Gerais\u2019 Cerrado area and in Esp\u00edrito Santo, a well-matured crop is expected, with higher production of specialty coffee. When it comes to sales from Esp\u00edrito Santo, Marcio Candido Ferreira explains that the strong dollar relative to Brazil\u2019s real makes exporting advantageous, and that includes finer coffee. Although he sees demand keeping steady, the CCCV chairman believes specialty sales will drop around the world as a result of the pandemic. \u201cPeople are drinking much more coffee at home, but there is no question that specialty coffees are a concern,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Marcio Candido Ferreira is optimistic about sales of Arabica and Conilon coffee from Esp\u00edrito Santo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He said the scenario spells opportunity for lower value-added grains. \u201cI believe that as a rule of thumb, you have a steady, substantial demand. We must remember that amid a pandemic where the world economy can be affected, the more competitive, blend-oriented coffees will benefit from that, in case consumer purchasing power decreases. This is great news for Conilon (Robusta) coffee, whose exports have been breaking records. I am also very optimistic about Arabica sales from Brazil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Each producing region has a different reality, but the specialists agree that measures adopted before and during the crop are expected to persist post-Covid-19. \u201cYes, this will bring positive results that are probably here to stay. I think this whole scenario will bring about a more ethical, transparent environment that will tend to perpetuate. End buyers and those who have managed to reopen are calling out [for specialty coffee]. Evidently, all of this care and protocols leading to the end buyer are not going to go away,\u201d said Leite.<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thais Sousa<\/div>\n
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Different regions of Brazil are investing in specialty product to offset higher costs stemming from worker protection during harvesting. However, the industry is unsure about sales of higher value-added product, with caf\u00e9s closed for over three months now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2324,"featured_media":275927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,114],"tags":[16085,16082,9805,1916,16083,14156,16086,12686,14535],"class_list":{"0":"post-275942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-agribusiness","8":"category-news","9":"tag-agricafe-en","10":"tag-agricafe","11":"tag-cecafe-en","12":"tag-coffee","13":"tag-comercializacao","14":"tag-covid-19-en","15":"tag-espirito-santo-en","16":"tag-minas-gerais-en","17":"tag-pandemic"},"wps_subtitle":"Different regions of Brazil are investing in specialty product to offset higher costs stemming from worker protection during harvesting. However, the industry is unsure about sales of higher value-added product, with caf\u00e9s closed for over three months now.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}