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FAS Managua forecasts a strong coffee harvest of 2.58 million 60-kilogram bags for MY 2025/26. This optimistic outlook is attributed to increased agriculture input applications (mainly fertilizers) due to high coffee prices and expectations for a...

FAS/Managua anticipates coffee production in marketing year 2024/25 to rebound to 2.6 million 60-kilogram bags, as a return to average precipitation levels should support historical average yields. However, Nicaraguan coffee growers face global...

FAS/Managua projects Nicaraguan Arabica coffee production to remain mostly flat in marketing year 2023/24 at 2.46 million 60-kilogram bags, reflecting successive years of sub-optimal fertilizer application dating back to 2020 when fertilizer prices...

FAS/Managua projects marketing year 2022/23 coffee production unchanged from the previous year at 2.7 million 60-kilogram bags, as political and economic turmoil in Nicaragua are expected to continue limiting investment in the sector despite strong...

Coffee production in marketing year (MY) 2020/2021 experienced a 15 percent drop compared to the previous year. The lack of maintenance of coffee plantations due to the limited access to credit and the impact of hurricanes ETA and IOTA during the MY...

The lack of access to credit due to Nicaragua’s current political crisis and low international coffee prices have reduced Nicaraguan producers' ability to properly maintain coffee plantations. Harsh economic conditions have led to a sharp reduction...

The Nicaraguan coffee sector is in the middle of the worst crisis of the last decade. With coffee prices plummeting to $89 per 45 kilogram (kg) bag in May 2019 and farmers not having access to credit, coffee exporters predict that coffee production...

The 2016/2017 coffee harvest in Nicaragua is a record crop with an estimated production of 2.3 million 60 kg bags, a seven percent increase compared to the previous year. The increase is attributed to a favorable rainy season that caused an early...

In 2014/2015, coffee production reached over 2 million 60 kg bags, a 14 percent increase compared to the previous cycle which was negatively affected by the coffee rust. One of the main problems reported in 2014/2015 was the irregular flowering of...

Nicaragua produced 830,839 60-kg bags of coffee during the 2002/2003 harvest. Leading export destinations include the US, Germany and Spain. There is little or no credit available for producers. The coffee sector faces serious cash-flow problems.