Africa Coffee Production Skyrockets

Africa has taken great pride and strides to improve their farming. They are finally seeing results in their coffee. Hoepfully they will see the same results in their food production. The gourmet coffee is a homerun.

This year’s coffee report calls for major production improvement and output record levels for African coffee producing countries. The African output will so far exceed expected output that it will also cause the world’s production to exceed expectant levels.

Still will the excess coffee the wholesale prices continue to increase. However as demand is not able to keep up with supply look for the coffee prices to plummet shortly. Also the quality of the African coffee is far less that its South American counterparts. Many consider Costa Rica, Brazil and Columbia to have the finest coffee in the world. The Africa coffee is not even close in terms of quantity or quality and much of the African coffee is a Robusta bean. The Latin America coffee countries only produce Arabica bean which is a far superior bean. The African coffees are also lacking in the production of certified organic coffee.

World coffee production in the current season will be greater than previously expected and will set a record, the Agriculture Department said today. In its weekly report on world agriculture, the FDA department put the global coffee crop at over 96 million bags, up 1.3 million from the previous forecast and over ten percent or approximately over 12 million bags above last year's crop.

Improved prospects in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, the leading coffee-growing countries were the main factor in the higher estimate, the report said. Despite large world coffee supplies, several major retailers have raised prices in recent months because of actions taken under the International Coffee Agreement to prop up prices.

Kenya and Nigeria commented that short term agriculture programs were finally taking effect and helping with production. Other cited factors included improved water, water supply and consistent water along with improved farming techniques and farming co-ops. The farming co-ops allowed farmers to share resources and best practices which allowed much improvement in production levels.