El Salvador increased its coffee production 1.8%

Published 2021년 8월 12일

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The article reports on El Salvador's coffee production, detailing a slight recovery in the 20/21 harvest, reaching 753,520 quintals, a 1.8% increase from the previous harvest. Despite this slight growth, the production levels are still considered negative, with the harvest being the second worst on record. The sector faces challenges such as low international prices and significant debt, with producers struggling to maintain sustainability. There is agreement among stakeholders for the need of a national coffee policy and debt restructuring, alongside concerns over the reduction in Brazil's coffee production due to weather conditions and strong frosts.

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The production of gold grape 20/21 coffee reached 753,520 quintals of coffee, which shows a slight recovery of 1.8% compared to the previous harvest when 740,100 quintals were reached, the Coffee Association of El Salvador (Acafesal) reported yesterday. "This last harvest had an increase of 13,420 quintals, this increase is due to the renovations of coffee plantations that have been carried out," said the president of Acafesal, Omar Flores. For Juan Francisco de Sola, president of the Association of Coffee Beneficiaries and Exporters (Abecafe), the numbers in coffee production continue to be negative and a lot of work must be done to talk about a recovery. "The 2020/2021 harvest has been the second worst harvest in the country, the worst being 2013/2014, and the 1.8% increase in production compared to the previous one is pathetic, it is not sustainable for coffee growing," said De Sola. In the 2019/2020 harvest, coffee production had a drop of 22.5%, since in the previous one it ...

Source: Elsalvador