New Delhi, Oct. 15: International Coffee Organization (ICO) under the aegis of United Nations is organizing its 5th Edition of World Coffee Conference to be held at Bengaluru from September 7th to 9th 2020. The Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India will host the 3-day event themed, �Sustainability Through Consumption� that will celebrate all things of coffee in an immersive experience with conferences addressed by international speakers, coffee exhibition, buyer sellers meets, competitions and awards, skill building workshops, amongst many others.
Coffee being the world�s most favorite beverage with 2.5 billion cups consumed every single day is produced in about 70 countries most of them belonging to the developing countries like Africa, Latin America and Asia. India is the sixth largest producer of coffee in the world, accounting for about 5% of world coffee production. With countries like India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nepal accounting for almost 33% of the world coffee production Asia and consumption growing anywhere between 6% to 15% as against the world average of about 2% growth YoY Asia has become region of high importance in coffee business.
WCC 2020 will see participation of 78 member countries of International Coffee Organization of which India is one of the founding members. WCC 2020 will address the challenges that farmers across the world are battling with such as climate change, increasing cost of production and falling prices. World Coffee Conference will focus on economic, agriculture, commercial, environmental, social & cultural impact of Coffee.
The curtain Raiser of WCC was attended by the diplomats of various countries like Bulgaria, Guatemala, Czech Republic, Yemen, Angola, Liberia, Tunisia, Costarica, Colombia, Korea, Russia, Hungary, Papua New Guinea, Gabonese, Mexico Sweden, Taiwan, Zimbabwe, Netherlands and Nepal.
