As part of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) and International Coffee Organisation’s (ICO) research and policy dialogue efforts, UNCTAD’s Commodities Branch and ICO will jointly hold a workshop on Fostering Development in Coffee-Exporting Countries on February 18th, 2019 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
The objectives of this seminar are:
• to examine and debate the current issues and challenges of the international coffee market, in the light of the findings of recent Coffee Development Report 2019 published by ICO and gather inputs for the 2020 edition of the Coffee Development Report on ‘sustainable value chains and sourcing’.
• to discuss current and prospective measures regarding fostering development in coffee-exporting countries with a focus on sustainable sourcing practices based on a range of approaches.
• to discuss the challenges and opportunities of bolstering value addition in the downstream value chains of coffee-producing countries.
