Jeffrey Sachs holds the first World Coffee producers Forum in Colombia

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Coffee farmers and industry stakeholders from more than 40 countries will take a shared responsibility to address the sustainable development challenges of the coffee value chain.

The Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), the Prime Minister of Colombia and the Chief Executive of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) will also attend the opening ceremony with representatives of coffee producers in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

June 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE), Bogota, Colombia-(FNC Press Office)-the first World Coffee producers Forum will be held in Medellin, Colombia, from 10 to 12 July. Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, expert and head of sustainable development, will be the keynote speaker.

The first World Coffee producers Forum included speakers, analysts and guests of international status to help solve the problems affecting the coffee industry as a whole, making the Forum a must-have event.

Professor Sachs, a world-renowned professor of economics, senior adviser to the United Nations, best-selling author and co-columnist, is currently director of the Centre for Sustainable Development (at Columbia University) and the United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Development Solutions.

Jos é Sette, Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, and Roberto Velez, CEO of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC), will also attend the opening ceremony with representatives of coffee producers in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The theme of the first World Coffee producers Forum was to address challenges that could hinder the future sustainable development of the value chain (such as a more equitable distribution of income) through a shared responsibility of all stakeholders.

It brings together producers and important participants in the global coffee industry.

The academic agenda of the Forum will address common challenges facing all coffee-producing countries and issues that pose a threat to the industry as a whole, these include economic sustainability of coffee growers, rural development, socio-economic indicators, adaptation to climate change, productivity, price volatility, generational changes and labour force.

Thematic teams and groups will analyse the challenges facing coffee production and trade and make recommendations on how to deal with them.

Other internationally renowned people present as moderators or speakers include Ric Rhinehart, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Fine Coffee Association (SCA), Fred Kawuma, Secretary General of the Central African National Coffee Organization (IACO), Silas Brasileiro, Executive Director of the Brazilian National Coffee Council (NCC), and Annette Pensel, Executive Director of the Global Coffee platform.

Ronald Peters, Executive Director of the Costa Rican Coffee Institute (Icaf é), Ren é Le ó n, Executive Secretary of Promecaf é, Ishak Lukenge, President of the Ugandan chapter and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Fine Coffee Association (AFCA), and Vanusia Nogueira, Executive Director of the Brazilian Fine Coffee Association (BSCA), will also participate in the forum as moderator or panel member.

Among the industry representatives attending the forum (including global companies such as Starbucks), several will also serve as speakers or panellists, such as Marcelo Burity, director of green coffee development at Nestl é, and Andrea Illy, chairman of Illycaff è.

Throughout the meeting, participants will be able to taste coffee produced by all the countries participating in the Forum.

As the event, including a two-day field visit to the coffee zone in central Colombia, has aroused widespread interest and the venue is limited, interested participants must register at the following website:

Http://www.worldcoffeeproducersforum.com/es

Http://www.worldcoffeeproducersforum.com/

About FNC

The Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers (FNC) was founded in 1927 and represents more than 560000 Colombian coffee growers. FNC's vision is to achieve sustainable environmental, economic and social development, and its mission is to work for the well-being of Colombian coffee growers and their families. FNC provides public goods and services and develops specific programmes and strategies to help Colombian coffee growers move up the value chain and improve their quality of life.

Contact: Colombian Coffee Growers Association Jenny Vanessa Cuervo (57 + 1) 3136600 extension 1697