Meetings & Documents

Technical Presentations

Coffee Year 2018/19

125th Session of the International Coffee Council

23 to 27 September 2019
London, United Kingdom

Opening Ceremony
23 September 2019

Statement by the Chair of the International Coffee Council, made at the opening ceremony of the 125^th Session of the Council
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Statement by the Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization, made at the opening ceremony of the 125^th Session of the Council

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Presentations made at the CEO & Global Leaders Forum

• CEO & Global Leaders Forum

Presentations made at the Council

• Coffee Market Situation– Dr Denis Seudieu, Chief Economist, ICO
• Implementation of the Programme of Activities and of Resolution 465– Mr Gerardo Patacconi, Head of Operations, ICO
• International Coffee Day 2019– Mr Gerardo Patacconi, Head of Operations, ICO
• Coffee Development Report 2019– Mr José Sette, Executive Director, ICO
• Preparations for the fitfh World Coffee Conference–Representative of India, Mr Jagdish Patankar
• Update on the collaboration between the GCP and the ICO– Mr Carlos Brando, Chair of the GCP Board
• Update on the collaboration between AFCA and the ICO– Mr Ishak Lukenge, Chair of AFCA
• Update on the collaboration between the SCC and the ICO
• Update on the collaboration between the IWCA and the ICO– Ms Kellem Emanuele
• National Coffee Policy of Nepal– Mr Deepak Khanal, Acting Executive Director, National Tea & Coffee Development Board
• Progress report on achieving the objectives of the 2007 Agreement– Mr José Sette, Executive Director, ICO

Presentations made at the Statistics Committee

• Agenda Items– Ms Rebecca Pandolph, Chief of Statistics, ICO

Presentations made at the Projects Committee

• SatCafé Project: Satellite remote sensing for improved and sustainable coffee production – Colombia– Mr Mike Wooding, founder and Managing Director, Remote Sensing Applications Consultants Ltd. (RSAC)
• AgDevCo – impact investment in African agribusiness-Representative from AgDevCo

Presentations made at the Promotion and Market Development Committee

• Agenda Items–  H.E. Dr. Durga Bahadur Subedi, Ambassador of Nepal and Mr Gerardo Patacconi, Head of Operations, ICO
• Progress Report on the project of the Special Fund– Mr René León Gómez, representative of PROMECAFE

124th Session of the International Coffee Council
25 to 29 March 2019
Nairobi, Kenya

Opening Ceremony
26 March 2019

Statement by the President of the Republic of Kenya, made at the opening ceremony of the 124^th Session of the Council
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Remarks by the Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri, Mgh, Egh, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation, made at the opening ceremony of the 124^th Session of the Council
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Statement by the Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization, made at the opening ceremony of the 124^th Session of the Council
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Communication by the Chair of the International Coffee Council, for the opening ceremony of the124^th Session of the Council
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Presentations made at the Council

• Coffee Market Situation– Dr Denis Seudieu, Chief Economist, ICO
• Profitability of coffee farming in selected Latin American countries– Ms Andrea Estrella, Visiting scholar, UC Davis and Dr Christoph Sänger, Senior Economist, ICO
• Survey on the impact of low coffee prices on exporting countries– Dr Denis Seudieu, Chief Economist, ICO
• Futures markets: role of non-commercial traders – Dr Marcela Umaña, Economist, ICO
• Country Coffee Profile: kenya– Prof. Joseph Kieyah JD PhD EBS, Chair, Coffee Sub-Sector Reform Committee
• Country Coffee Profile: Vietnam– Mr Do Xuan Hien, Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (Vicofa)
• National Coffee Policy of Peru– H.E. Mr Juan Carlos Gamarra, Ambassador of Peru to the Court of St. James in the United Kingdom
• Sustainable Coffee Challenge – Progress update and ICO Partnership– Mr Niels Haak, Senior Manager, Conservation International
• Global Coffee Platform – Update on MoU ICO-GCP: Cooperation for Vision 2030– Mr Carlos Brando, Chairman, GCP

Presentations made at the Statistics Committee

• Agenda items– Ms Rebecca Pandolph, Chief of Statistics, ICO
• Estimating global coffee farmer populations by origin– Mr David Browning, Enveritas
• The application of National Single Window System (Kenya Tradenet) in processing Certificates of Origin– Mr Paul Okew, Data Officer, Coffee Board of Kenya

Presentations made at the Projects Committee

• Project Brief: Global benchmarking of coffee production– Mr Gerardo Patacconi, Head of Operations, ICO

Presentations made at the Promotion and Market Development Committee

• International Coffee Day and implementation of Resolution 465– Mr Gerardo Patacconni, Head of Operations, ICO
• Innovation and integrative marketing, the engine for a sustainable coffee market growth. The Colombia Toma Cafécase– Ms Ana Sierra, Head of Integrative Marketing
• Step-by-step Guide to promote coffee consumption in producing countries in practice: lessons and recommendations – Mr Carlos Brando – P & A Marketing

Presentations made at the Private Sector Consultative Board

• AFCA contribution to ICO Resolution 465 and MoU updates– Mr Samuel Kamau, Executive Director, African Fine Coffees Association
• Member initiatives– Mr Carlos H.J. Brando, Chairman, Global Coffee Platform
• IWCA Mission– Ms Mbula Musau, Interntional Women’s Coffee Alliance
• Private Sector Actions supporting Resolution 465–Mr Ric Rhinehart, Executive Director Emeritus
• Sustainable Coffee Challenge: Progress update and ICO Partnership – Mr Niels Haak, Senior Manager, Conservation International

ICO Statistics Workshop held during the 17th African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) Conference and Exhibition: 12 February 2019, Kigali

Introduction to the ICO and actions to address coffee price levels. ICO Presentation to British Coffee Association Sustainability Committee: 7 March 2019, London

For documents pertaining to coffee years 2012/13 and earlier, please contact icodocuments@ico.org