The objectives for which the Procafé Foundation was created, and seeks to continue to this day, arose from the need to preserve and activate the former IBC's technological heritage, made up of a gene bank, laboratories, experimental farms and the technical staff (with all its experience of over 30-40 years) in the activities of research and dissemination of coffee technology.

In 1992, the phase of extinction of the IBC ended, with the distribution of assets and relocation of personnel to other Federal Government Institutions. In this process, it was fought for the Ministry of Agriculture to keep most of the real estate and human resources, previously linked to the coffee production sector of the former IBC. This was considered a natural path, as the technical staff consisted of Agronomist Engineers and Agricultural Technicians, therefore dedicated to agriculture.

The struggle continued within MAPA, now so that the technical staff, specialized in coffee growing, could continue to work in support of the sector. This was only possible through the creation of Procafé - Integrated Support Program for Coffee Technology, through an agreement signed between MAPA and the CNA-CNC institutions, whereby technicians were placed with Cooperatives and Coffee Growers Associations. This agreement, with an initial term of 5 years, was extended for the same period, from which good results were achieved, until MAPA promoted its Agronomist Engineers in Agricultural Tax.

With the reduction of the technical staff in the different coffee growing regions, a greater concentration of efforts was needed, aimed at research and dissemination of technology, leading to the creation of the Procafé Foundation in 2001, succeeding and improving the mechanism of the Procafé program, now with greater operations in Minas Gerais, especially in the south of Minas Gerais - the largest coffee producing region in the country.

Along the same lines as the original Procafé, the Foundation was created by bringing together Cooperatives, Unions and Coffee Growers' Associations, to assume the role of technological support for coffee production, based on the collection of the former IBC, first with the use of the Experimental Farm in Varginha and the facilities and laboratories connected to it, and, in continuity, with the addition of new experimental fields, through agreements or lending.