President of Honduras Siumara Castro said that the government of his country will present at the World Economic Forum “Davos” a proposal to create an organization of coffee exporting countries.
And the President tweeted on the social media network Twitter: “At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on behalf of the producers, we will propose the creation of the Organization of the Coffee Exporting Countries OPEC (OPEC), which will ensure competition in world markets on a fair basis. prices.
Honduras is the third largest producer of coffee in the Americas after Brazil and Colombia, and the fifth largest producer in the world. This crop is grown by farmers in most regions of the country.
Coffee exports from Honduras for the 2021-2022 crop exceeded 6 million bags, and coffee accounts for about 38 percent of Honduras’ total domestic agricultural production.
It is noteworthy that this year the Davos Forum will be held in Switzerland from 16 to 20 January 2023 under the slogan “Cooperation in a Fractured World”.
Source: News