Topics related to Coffee Culture
The presentation is more geared towards technicians involved in coffee growing who are interested in starting or improving the technical assistance activity.
Information system (climatic, phenological and pest/disease) whose function is to provide guidance to coffee growers promoting more efficient controls and management, through the issuance of monthly notices (bulletins).
The content aims to assist in the evaluation of the appropriate harvesting system to be used in different farming conditions. It is a lecture that will help in the adjustment of harvesters, adaptation of semi-mechanized systems and strategies for improving manual harvesting, defining the correct point of harvest, aiming at better efficiency in the harvesting of the fruits.
Inefficient control of coffee pests and diseases is responsible for up to 50% of the drop in productivity, resulting in higher production costs. In this lecture we will address the main pests and diseases, their behavior in recent years, and what research results have shown in relation to control techniques and the emergence of new products.
Main Crop Damage, influential factors, types of control (genetic, chemical), levels of control efficiency, problems and constraints of late rust.
Presentation on the topic of Coffee Fertility and Nutrition in a simple and efficient way at different levels of complexity according to the target audience. In this lecture, the objective is to assist in decision-making in the planning of Correctives and Fertilizers (soil and leaf), in order to achieve maximum economic production.
Botany and morphology of the coffee tree. Physiological and ecological adaptations related to the center of origin and commercial cultivation of coffee. Growth, phenology and physiology of production, focusing on practical aspects applied to vegetative growth, flowering and fruit development and production. Theoretical and practical analysis of fruit drop, branch dryness, production biennial and factors that affect the productivity of coffee plantations. Response to abiotic stresses such as scalding, water deficit, frost and high temperatures.
This topic contemplates a series of factors that must be observed and considered for the implantation of a productive crop. From soil preparation to management and cultural treatment after its implementation.
Irrigation importance, important periods of lack of water for coffee trees, types of irrigation, irrigation systems and results of research trials with irrigation in the South of Minas.
Comprehensive content of all areas involving the Arabica coffee production system, presenting essential fundamentals for the formation and management of crops with high productivity in a rainfed system. This lecture aims to generate knowledge for producers so that they can plan and implement the adaptation of their crops to a model of high productivity and profitability.
How to proceed with weed management? This lecture addresses research data and field practices best suited for weed control in view of the best results for coffee plantations
Presentation containing technical and operational information on management, covering technical information on the fruits, preparation systems, drying systems, harvest planning, structure sizing, etc. It is a lecture of practical application aimed at supporting and generating indicators for technicians and producers for structuring and adapting the post-harvest system and improving the quality of coffees.
This topic includes information on nematodes, their species, damage generated and control and management systems. This lecture aims to guide producers on the occurrence and spread of nematodes, as well as techniques for harm reduction and management of attacked crops.
This lecture has practical content aimed at recommending
Arabica coffee cultivars for commercial planting. The main characteristics of each cultivar are presented, such as maturation time,
vegetative vigor and response to pruning and spacing, resistance to
pests, diseases and nematodes, ease of harvest, productivity,
beverage quality and abiotic stress response as a deficit
water and high temperatures. Adaptability is also discussed
from cultivars to different coffee growing regions and local conditions
inside the property. At the end, recommendations are made
specific for the main coffee growing regions and for
specific issues.
This lecture involves all areas of knowledge that integrate pruning systems, namely: genetics, shoot management, spacing, cyclical management systems Safra Zero, nutrition, pest and disease management, variations in plant cutting architecture, pruning feasibility analysis, etc. This lecture aims to generate knowledge so that the producer is able to renew crops, increase productivity and optimize costs in the production system.
Which climatic factor has most affected coffee production in recent years? Climate action has direct impacts on coffee trees and, also, indirect impacts through other factors and organisms that also impact on coffee trees. This theme addresses, in a simple and objective way, the climatic action of drought and its influence on the process of growth and production of coffee.
Content aimed at a specific management of the special coffee production system, covering knowledge about cultivars, crop management, harvest planning, preparation system, drying, etc. It is a lecture of practical application that aims to provide sufficient knowledge for the producer to be able to know his potential for producing specialty coffees and to improve his production system in view of this standard.
As surveyed by Fundação Procafé, in the Diagnosis of Coffee Growing in the South of Minas, the average productivity of existing crops is far below ideal, even though most crops are in full production phase. Based on this, this lecture seeks to address the best existing tools so that we can make our crops reach their full productive potential, either through the recovery of existing crops, or even through renovation.
This lecture aims to provide guidance on the most suitable application technologies for the use of a particular pesticide, either alone or in association with other products or nutrients, thus encompassing a whole technological system that must be used aiming at greater efficiency in handling, in addition to saving resources.
Topics related to the Coffee Market and Management
Faced with a scenario of excessive volatility in its prices, when is the most opportune moment to market coffee? This theme points out the current causes of commodity price fluctuations as well as makes it possible for coffee growers and others interested in the commercialization of the product to see possible future scenarios, whether low or high, thus enabling the identification of the most appropriate moment for the sale. or purchase of the commodity.
How to analyze trends in the coffee market? What short, medium and long-term factors impact coffee prices? What can weigh in favor and what can weigh against these quotes? This theme addresses these issues with the aim of making coffee growers and other interested parties able to perceive situations and foresee scenarios that can influence coffee prices and, thus, structure the best strategies for marketing the product.
In this theme, with the objective of training the public in the commercialization of coffees on Futures Exchanges, the characteristics and specifications of coffee futures contracts of the main Exchanges in the world for Commodity are addressed, as follows:
Ice Futures Europe: Exchange that incorporated LIFFE (London) where robusta coffee is traded.
B³: The merger of BM&FBOVESPA with CETIP gave rise to B³, an exchange that currently trades coffee in Brazil;
Ice Futures US: the famous New York Stock Exchange where peeled and pulped coffees are traded;
Lecture aimed at those interested in knowing the identity and quality characteristics for the classification and tasting of coffees, as well as the stages, conditions and procedures that involve both processes (classification and tasting) in the two methodologies:< /p>
SCA protocol: For specialty coffees;
COB Methodology: For commodity coffee
Currently, many coffee growers still assume the condition of speculators in 100% of their crop, as they do not know the best alternatives available for fixing at least part of their production. Aware of its costs, the coffee grower must take advantage of the opportunities that arise to stop his sales in order to guarantee profitability in at least a percentage of his crop. But what are the most suitable futures market tools and how to operate them? This topic explains precisely these questions.
Currently, many coffee growers still manage their properties without prior planning, without knowing the real potential of their property and thus focusing their efforts in a disorderly way, thus failing to develop their full productive potential and raising their cost of production. The purpose of the lecture is to bring to the public cost analysis tools, how to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the property, as well as the opportunities and threats of the sector (SWOT or FOFA analysis), how to calculate its production cost and which indicators to use. , and the importance of planning to better take advantage of market opportunities.