—ANNOUNCEMENT— IACO 2017 ANNUAL MEETINGS Abidjam, Côte d’Ivoire, 4th - 9th December 2017 Theme of the 5th Symposium: << Sustainable Coffee Development for the Emergence of the African Economy >> 4th-5th December 2017 5th African Coffee Symposium ACRN Coordination Committee Meeting 6th December 2017 IACO Technical Committees Meetings IACO Board of Directors Meeting 7th December 2017 African Coffee Policy Forum IACO Annual General Assembly 8th December 2017 Field Visits to African Coffee Projects in Abidjan NB:The exhibition opens on 4th December and closes on 9th December 2017 His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire |TABLE OF CONTENTS P-7 A WORD BY THE CHAIRMAN - Souleymane Diarrassouba Chairman of IACO P-9 EDITORIAL - The Time Has Come for Action P-11 KEY HIGHLIGHTS - World Coffee Producers’ Forum: Final Declaration P-14 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS - Challenges in Coffee Value Chain P-16 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - Brief Description of TaCRI to IACO P-18 GOOD TO KNOW - An Overview of Côte d’Ivoire - Grand-Bassam: Universal Value Periodical of the Inter-African Coffee Organization - IACO Editor-In-Chief: Frederick S.M. KAWUMA, IACO Secretary General Copy Editor: Dominic K. Kamanan Associate Editor: Auguste J.M. AOUTI Address: IACO General Secretariat, Caistab Building 3rd Floor, P.O.BOX V 210 Abidjan - Cote d’Ivoire Tel: +(225) 20 21 61 31 / +(225) 20 21 61 85 Fax: +(225) 20 21 62 12 E-mail:
[email protected] | 5 | A WORD BY THE CHAIRMAN| “We hope that the meeting in Abidjan will be a real success in ensuring the effective imple- mentation of previous recom- mendations and those that will be made in the course of this week, for a profitable and sustainable coffee industry in Africa.“ Souleymane DIARRASSOUBA Chairman of IACO Distinguished guests, 1980s.