Devouring profit - International Coffee Organization

Gleaning, the term for cultural control used in India, chiefly for cleaning up all berries after
the main harvest.
Graniteo, frequent collection of coffee berries from the trees, a form of cultural control
(q.v.).
ICO, The International Coffee Organization (ICO) is an intergovernmental body whose
Members are coffee exporting and importing countries. Established in 1963 it administers the
International Coffee Agreement from its headquarters in London, and is committed to improving
conditions in the world coffee economy through international co-operation, helping price
equilibrium by developing demand for coffee in emerging markets and through projects to
reduce damage from pests and improve marketing and quality, enhancing coffee growers’
long-term competitiveness and contributing to the fight against poverty.
IHCAFÉ, Instituto Hondureño del Café, the Honduran coffee institution.
IPM, Integrated Pest Management, a knowledge-intensive strategy for controlling pests
where the farmer estimates current and future damage to his crop and picks from a range of
techniques to optimise profit. The basic principle is that control measures should cost less than
the losses incurred by inaction. It requires knowledge of pest biology, continual monitoring of
the crop, an appreciation of the worth of control methods, simple maths and an understanding
of commodity price dynamics.
Parasitoid, a specialised predator that lays its eggs on or (as in the case of Phymastichus
coffea,) in the insect. The egg hatches out and kills its host by consuming it. Parasitoids differ
from parasites in that the former always kill their host to complete their life-cycle.
Ochratoxin, a toxin produced by (amongst others) the fungus Aspergillus ochraceus which
forms on poorly dried coffee.
Parchment coffee, the coffee bean with a hard outer covering (the endocarp) dried to
about 12% relative humidity.
Pepena, a form of CBB cultural control used in Central America, involving the collection
of the coffee berries remaining on the ground, after the harvesting period.
Promecafé, Programa Cooperativo Regional para el desarrollo tecnológico y Modernización
de la caficultura - a Central America coffee technology network formed under the auspices of
IICA.
Repela, a form of CBB cultural control used in Central America, involving the collection of
the coffee berries remaining on coffee trees, after the harvesting period.
Quintal (qq), a weight unit, equal to 46 kg.
RRA, Rapid Rural Appraisal, a participatory method for gathering data, opinions etc. from
farmers on a wide range of issues.
USDA, United States Department of Agriculture, specifically the Biological Control & Mass
Rearing Research Unit at Starkville Miss.
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