Coffee Grower Virginia Aguiar at Fazenda Semente in the Cerrado region inspecting the impact of the 2021 frost damage Three years after the most damaging frost to hit Brazil in half a century growers across the world’s largest producing country are still struggling to recover Maja Wallengren reports for Global Coffee Report Brazilian coffee fields are famous for stretching hundreds of kilometres as far as the eye can see from the southernmost plains of Paraná through São Paulo state across all directions of Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is home to 50 per cent of the South American giant’s entire crop in an average harvest cycle and 65 per cent of Brazil’s total Arabica production In what growers would describe as a normal harvest cycle fully recovered from the stress of the physical harvest and ready for flowering for the next crop which typically starts in the second half of September This includes the majority of branches on which new fruit would normally develop into juicy red cherries carrying beans for the next harvest Mass defoliation of both trees and branches is obvious It is a sad sight for any coffee lover as these trees will not produce even a fraction of a normal harvest an intense cold front hit Brazil’s Arabica production and caused new frost damage to farms where early flowering had already begun for the next harvest The Cerrado Mineiro and Alta Mogiana regions suffered the most damage and Southern Minas reported smaller impact There is no other word for our current situation,” Brazilian coffee grower Marcelo Paterno tells Global Coffee Report from his farm in the Campos Altos region in Minas Gerais “This past harvest I got less than half of what I normally would get even in the harvest after the 2021 frost I got more it is very obvious to anyone who knows coffee that the next harvest is going to be even worse.” Carlos Augusto Rodrigues de Melo is President of Cooxupe the world’s largest coffee cooperative based in Guaxupé in Southern Minas He says the initial expectation had been for a 2024 harvest 8 to 10 per cent bigger than 2023 but in the end this volume simply did not materialise not only did the harvest not turn out bigger or even similar to the previous crop in 2023 but at this point we believe the 2024 harvest will end smaller than last year,” de Melo told local press Portal do Agronegócio in early August From agronomists to analysts and cooperatives industry consensus is that the 2024 harvest is expected to end at least 10 per cent below the 2023 harvest Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry’s crop supply agency Conab projected the 2024 crop would reach 58.8 million 60-kilogram bags which would have been up 6.8 per cent on the 55.1 million bags produced in 2023 The reasons for complications towards recovery are all due to weather Conab lowered its figure for production in the 2024 harvest by more than 4 million bags to 54.79 million bags A further downward revision is expected in December but in the last two years we have had a very irregular climate with dry periods during the rainy season and more rain than usual during the dry season,” says Marcelo Vieira a fourth-generation grower in the Alfenas region of Southern Minas and Head of the Coffee Department of the Brazilian Rural Society agriculture group “This irregular weather affects coffee flowering and the growth of coffee beans It’s not as bad as the frost we had in 2021 but it has resulted in lower than expected production.” Even before the flowering for the next harvest started basic coffee agronomy confirmed the projections that Paterno and hundreds of other growers and agronomists have already made Drought and excessive dryness have resulted in diminished vegetative growth of branches which is crucial for a tree to produce high yields of fruit coupled with significant stress to trees that in most parts of Minas Gerais did not receive rain between early April and late September This occurs in trees with high levels of defoliation in an attempt to survive They produce flowers to generate new leaves but in the process deduct potential from the tree to produce fruit for a new coffee crop “Here in Alta Mogiana we’ve had many regions where farms went 120 to 130 days without rain Because of the very prolonged drought there has been a lot of defoliation in the farms,” says Vicente Zotti an independent coffee and commodity analyst based in the town of Franca the drought in Brazil spread to near-all producing regions and rains did not arrive until the end of September “This will certainly affect the next harvest because it is clear that the dropping of the leaves is connected with a decrease in the amount of fruit and this will cause a reduction in 2025,” says Zotti an agronomist who works with growers in northern São Paulo state and operates a small coffee farm of three hectares saying the drought and high temperatures have caused a larger obstacle toward recovery “The smaller farms damaged by the frost three years ago have mostly recovered but in other coffee regions that were affected by the frost warmer regions like Cerrado where it doesn’t rain as much the stress of the tree has been greater,” Ferraresso says which despite its desert-like climate and extreme heat during the Brazilian winter when the new crop is harvested suffered some of the worst damage during the 2021 frost planted in the early 1970s by grower Jose Carlos Grossi one of the pioneers to embark on coffee production in the Cerrado Mineiro region over 40 per cent of the total acreage of about 2000 hectares of coffee were severely burned by the frost only about 200 have been replanted with coffee or 30 per cent of the total area dedicated to coffee up until the frosts in July 2021 Unless coffee prices were to rise “much higher” than current levels the Grossi family does not plan on planting more coffee close to the town of Patrocinio where coffee grower Virginia Aguiar lost 90 per cent of her crop due to the frost a part of the land was also permanently switched to grains like soya and corn Grains offer farmers up to three crops a year and carry much less financial risk than coffee which as a perennial crop takes four to five years to fully develop “Last year I had a relatively good crop in about half the area it was a blessing to see the coffee so beautiful again but few farmers want to commit all our land to coffee today The biggest and most damaging frosts in Brazil have always come in pairs where coffee regions see a repeat of damaging frost during the following years Agronomists say this occurs because trees remain weakened from the first big frost attack Whether those areas have been recovered through pruning or replanted it leaves affected regions with young coffee that is more damage prone to a new frost even if the frost is less intense than the prior event many of the same farms and regions that suffered in the 2021 frost also suffered damage in the August 2024 frost “Of the 90 per cent that was damaged three years ago I was able to recover 60 per cent through pruning and re-planting and this area was just starting to come into production This year my production was down 30 per cent on last year but now 10 per cent was hit with frost again and I am not sure if I even dare to replant that area again,” Aguiar says Adding to the repeat of the 2021 frosts are the core complications of what local analysts and growers refer to as “10 years of significantly higher temperatures” which has left most of the Brazilian coffee park with a permanent hydraulic deficit “The problem for over five years now is how the coffee regions are hot and dry,” says Marco Antonio Jacob a Brazilian economist with more than 40 years’ experience working with trade and coffee fundamentals analysis Jacob says the flowering for this year’s harvest came too late to allow for the 210 days needed to secure a full maturation of cherries This affected both quality and resulted in smaller bean size in the 2024 crop because beans were not able to develop fully At the same time the Brazil Arabica regions were hit with damaging frost an unseasonal tropical cyclone passed over the biggest Robusta growing state of Espírito Santo and caused between 15 to 20 per cent of flowers for the next 2025 crop to abort and fall to the ground Making matters worse for the Robusta harvest this came following a full year of extreme winds and severe drought that left the coffee park of Espírito Santo so defoliated that production is expected to close down a minimum 30 per cent overall with many regions reporting losses of 60 per cent or more will be down about 35 per cent on average and the losses to the Arabica crop will not be less than 20 per cent The big problem facing Brazilian coffee growers over the next few years is the excessive heat,” says Jacob Brazil is concluding what will be the fourth consecutive small harvest and already has the local trade and industry preparing for the fifth small harvest in the next 2025/2026 cycle The pattern of small crops also confirms one of the theories discussed by agronomists in the immediate aftermath of the big frost of 2021: that Bazil may not even see a return to the on-off cycle crops any time soon a so-called on-cycle crop with high yields consequently left trees across producing regions stressed and in the following year a smaller off-crop would be produced as trees were recovering with the production structure severely shaken up by the frost and subsequent years of large areas being replanted or renovated outside the regular life cycle of trees the previous seasonality between smaller and bigger crops has been evened out for now “The on-off crop pattern has been less regular than usual in the years since the frost,” says Brazilian Rural Society’s Vieira Even if it might be too premature to conclude whether on-cycles – with crops above 60 to 64 million bags – will return he concedes that the earliest possibility for a bigger crop with any meaningful level of recovery won’t happen until 2026 coffee is always a bit unpredictable,” Vieira says Following the news of the frost warnings in early August and the subsequent reports of damage international Arabica prices went through several weeks of extreme volatility That volatility is likely to increase as the global coffee market in the months and years ahead will have to learn to deal with what is likely to be even more unpredictable crops in Brazil as the growers continue to struggle to recover This article was first published in the November/December 2024 edition of Global Coffee Report. 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The cases are portrayed in the report “Behind Starbucks coffee,” published by Repórter Brasil (available in Portuguese and English) coffee produced in the world At least 14 companies and cooperatives have exported to Starbucks units in the US in the past two years according to customs data accessed by Repórter Brasil It is yet another situation that exposes the limits of the certification market the model is fragile and not very transparent Every year we show cases of certified farms with unregistered workers who are not paid their vacations or benefits,” says the leader of the Coordination of Rural Employees of the State of Minas Gerais (ADERE) Read more: Winery caught with slave labour in Rio Grande do Sul held the ‘Great Place to Work’ seal In 2022, coffee farming was one of the top five sectors in terms of number of reports on worker exploitation in Brazil 39 coffee estates were inspected and 159 workers were rescued from modern slavery One of the highlighted cases is that of the Mesas Farm in Campos Altos where 17 workers were rescued from modern slavery in August 2022 The group included a 15-year-old teenager and two others aged 16 and 17 with requires school attendance and tutoring The Mesas Farm is managed by Guilherme de Oliveira Lemos, who also runs the Ourizona Farm and roaster Café Ourizona in Córrego Danta as well as the Bom Jesus e Pedras Farm in Santa Rosa da Serra Café Ourizona holds Starbucks’s C.A.F.E. Practices seal. It joined the programme a month before the slave labour incident at Mesas as shown by an Instagram post from July 2022. Furthermore, the properties are certified by the Rainforest Alliance Evidence indicates joint administration of the properties Informal workers at Mesas were formally hired by Ourizona after the operation conducted by labour inspectors the employer did not even provide basic tools for harvesting such as a rakes One worker said she had to buy new gloves every four days to protect her hands when harvesting coffee food and accommodation – all in violation of labour laws Workers had no place to have lunch in the field they ate their meals cold or heated them on a can with alcohol they would relieve themselves out in the bush or in the middle of the coffee trees Read more: Risk of slave labour leads certifier to be stricter with Brazilian farms Another case of a teenager working irregularly is that of the Cedro-Chapadão Farm in Ilicínea jointly managed with the Conquista Farm by Sebastião Aluísio de Sales a 17-year-old young man was rescued from modern slave labour on the family’s coffee plantations The inspection operation found another 11 labour violations According to Sebastião’s son Rodrigo Sales hiring the “17-year-9-month-old” young man was “a mistake made by [their] HR [Human Resources] accounting department.” Documents found by labour inspectors indicate that another teenager aged 16 had been hired to harvest coffee that year The young man was rescued from the Conquista Farm rather than Cedro, which holds the C.A.F.E. Practices seal But the practices were the same on both properties and the labourers had also been hired to work at Cedro “The Cedro-Chapadão United Farms are a group and therefore are jointly managed; harvest workers are aware of the work schedule for the season that starts at Conquista and goes on to the other farms as coffee matures,” admitted Rodrigo Sales Inspectors say that the employer did not provide drinking water or protective equipment such as gloves The accommodation facilities lacked bedding The group still had to pay for bus tickets from Irecê to the farms which should have been provided by the hirer the rescued young man said that R$ 400 were deducted from his wages to pay for the ticket Read more: Starbucks supplier farm ignores law and does not provide coffee harvesting machine, workers say the family-owned company Bernardes Estate Coffee it was fined nine times for failing to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) or free first-aid materials a proper place for meals or a water tank protected against contamination José Eduardo Bernardes was fined for 16 violations including not having receipts on payments made to employees and not providing toilets at the workplace Repórter Brasil visited the farm this year and witnessed the repetition of the problems Workers report that they are recruited in distant towns but the contract is only signed when they arrive a strategy used to avoid paying for transportation They also say that employers charge rent from those who stay in accommodation belonging to the family Bernardes Estate Coffee did not respond to questions sent by email. Starbucks confirmed that the company is certified and is under investigation but declined to share details. Read the full statements Another repeat violator is producer Carlos Augusto Rodrigues de Melo the largest coffee grower cooperative in the country and the main supplier of Starbucks according to export data accessed by Repórter Brasil Properties owned by the Melo family were fined for violating labour regulations in 2021 and 2022 In 2021, an inspection found illegal deductions from wages related to the purchase of portable harvesting machines known as derriçadeiras and fuel at the Pedreira Farm in Cabo Verde another farm belonging to the family – Palmital – was fined 16 times for not paying labour rights such as the Time of Service Fund and the 40% fine for unfair dismissal Repórter Brasil found workers from the Jequitinhonha Valley in northern Minas Gerais who say they work on the farms due to lack of other opportunities but need makes the job wonderful,” said a 24-year-old man who had already lost 10 kg in a month The appearance of the small accommodation facilities (one bedroom kitchen and bathroom) shows neglect with cleaning Repórter Brasil found bathroom walls dirty from floor to ceiling which were prepared on a two-burner stove purchased by the workers themselves Employees say that cooking gas also came out of their pockets Drinking and bathing water was stored in an old fuel tank there are no ‘excuses’ for failing to sign formal contracts that respect workers’ labour rights “This doesn’t depend on coordinating public policies In 2020, the organization estimated a 41% gap between the average wage paid in plantations in Minas Gerais and a decent wage, which should cover expenses with food, housing, education, health, clothing and other essential needs, according to parameters of the Global Living Wage Coalition Practices would be more effective if inspections took place during harvest season if audits were truly surprise (visits are notified in advance) The opinion is shared by Adere coordinator Jorge Ferreira dos Santos Filho “If producers are warned that the farm will be audited there is no surprise audit,” concludes the workers’ representative Sua contribuição permite que a gente continue revelando o que muita gente faz de tudo para esconder Receba as investigações daagência de jornalismo daRepórter Brasil no seu e-mail. 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March 25, is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade and children remain in modern slavery today of which twenty-five million are in forced labor and fifteen million in forced marriage including nearly all of the 4.8 million victims of forced sexual exploitation Analysis on the role of women in foreign policy and economic development from the Women and Foreign Policy program. Bimonthly A summary of global news developments with CFR analysis delivered to your inbox each morning. Weekdays CFR President Mike Froman analyzes the most important foreign policy story of the week get the latest news and insights from the Council’s experts The first international convention on forced labor was adopted by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in 1930 (Convention 29). It states that forced labor is a “service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.” but the adoption in 2014 of a Protocol and Recommendation to Convention 29 has provided fresh impetus It sends a clear message to all stakeholders and countries that forced labor and human trafficking are serious human rights violations and crimes and need to be dealt with as such the International Organisation of Employers and the International Trade Union Confederation organized the “50 for Freedom Campaign” aimed at expanding ratification of the 2014 Protocol on Forced Labor The campaign reached its goal just last week when the protocol received its fiftieth ratification Fifty member states from all parts of the world have now committed to “develop[ing] a national policy and plan of action for the effective and sustained suppression of forced or compulsory labor in consultation with employers’ and workers’ organizations.” and natural disasters have put the most vulnerable members of our societies They often face physical and sexual violence as part of an atmosphere of coercion and intimidation which can include the withholding of wages or important documents like passports or debt bondage resulting from recruitment costs irregular migrants as well as most labor migrants working in lower-skilled sectors such as agriculture and domestic work do not have access to the legal protection necessary to prevent and address such repression and abuse Most forms of modern slavery are motivated by the prospect of financial gain human trafficking for labor exploitation remains a lucrative business it generates an estimated $150 billion in profit while devastating the lives of millions of women and children and undermining the vitality of national economies through the loss of taxes Ours can be the generation that ends forced labor but only if we recognize that this stubborn whole-of-government and multi-stakeholder—response that begins with providing education for all and upholding labor standards through stronger labor inspection and law enforcement Strengthening the voice and participation of workers is critical Freedom of association and collective bargaining are fundamental and universal rights that help to ensure safe and healthy working conditions and enable workers to obtain a fair share of the wealth generated by the enterprises in which they are employed Since workers in the informal sector are particularly vulnerable to exploitation formalization efforts are critical and can be advanced through smarter enterprise registration and regulatory practices and skills training and job matching services coordinated with local labor market dynamics Real impact comes from cross-sector collaboration and shared expertise with corporations in the same sector sharing best practices and collaborating with organizations that specialize in the fight against slavery A growing number of firms perceive forced labor as a serious risk to their operations and reputations and they are exercising greater diligence in their recruitment strategies and processes As important as preventive measures like these are This means doing a better job of identifying and freeing them as well as providing shelter Access to justice and compensation is essential as are ongoing efforts to expand access to quality basic education This also requires standardized procedural guidelines better data and targeted research are central to guiding more effective policies and practices Slavery remains a cross-border phenomenon, so improved international coordination and cooperation are essential. A prominent example is Alliance 8.7 a global multi-stakeholder partnership committed to achieving Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals which requests “immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour… and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms.” Alliance 8.7 seeks to accelerate progress by scaling effective solutions and leveraging and maximizing the impact of resources The United States has taken a leading role in the fight against forced labor and human trafficking through its trade policy, development assistance, and the State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons report It could build on this record by promoting stronger country-level employment frameworks that protect labor rights and enforce fair recruitment practices as well as ratifying the ILO forced labor convention and its accompanying 2014 protocol marks the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade The abolition of slavery and forced labor was one of the first human rights struggles in modern history Grounded in an abiding commitment to human dignity and social justice its fundamental vision remains unfulfilled but can be realized within the next decade through the intensified collaboration of all states and stakeholders An official website of the United States government Watch Live at 11:30 a.m. ET: Results of Nationwide Law Enforcement Effort Press Conference View the latest ICE guidance on COVID-19 Get information about how to check in with your local ICE Office here Reportándose con ICE: Obtenga información sobre cómo reportarse a su oficina local de ICE aquí View in other languages Call 1-866-DHS-2-ICE to report suspicious activityReport Crime Learn More About ICE ICE's ERO officers uphold United States immigration laws by focusing on individuals who present the greatest risk to national security View the annual report Media Inquiries the archive contains content from a previous administration or is otherwise outdated This information is archived and not reflective of current practice BOSTON — Fugitive Operations Team officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested Lenaria Aparecida Pereira Sandoval a Brazilian national convicted of first-degree murder and related offenses by a Brazilian criminal court Sandoval is the subject a criminal warrant issued by Brazilian authorities after she was convicted of murder and vehicle theft and sentenced to 17 years in prison by a criminal court in Brazil in September 2021 Although Sandoval sought and obtained a change in her immigration status from U.S immigration authorities discovered that she failed to disclose her criminal charges when she applied for that change By fraudulently failing to disclose those charges she violated the terms of the change to her immigration status In September 2021 Sandoval was convicted in absentia of the charges against her and sentenced to serve 17 years in prison in Brazil by a criminal court in the city of Campos Altos A criminal warrant for her arrest was subsequently issued by Brazilian law enforcement authorities When Brazilian law enforcement authorities issued the international criminal warrant for her arrest ERO Boston immigration enforcement officials began an investigation to find her and confirmed her presence in ERO Boston’s jurisdiction Officials took Sandoval into custody without incident Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody pending the outcome of an immigration court hearing In fiscal year 2022 ERO arrested 46,396 noncitizens with criminal histories This group had 198,498 associated charges and convictions including 21,531 assault offenses; 8,164 sex and sexual assault offenses; 5,554 weapons offenses; 1,501 homicide-related offenses; and 1,114 kidnapping offenses ERO operations target public safety threats such as convicted criminal noncitizens and gang members who have violated our nation's immigration laws including those who illegally re-enter the country after being removed and immigration fugitives ordered removed by federal immigration judges ERO deportation officers assigned to Interpol also assist in targeting foreign fugitives for crimes committed abroad at-large in the U.S ERO manages all aspects of the immigration enforcement process ERO repatriates noncitizens ordered removed from the U.S Members of the public can report crimes or suspicious activity by calling 866-347-2423 or completing ICE’s online tip form Learn more about ERO’s mission in your community on Twitter @EROBoston For media inquiries about ICE activities, operations, or policies, contact the ICE Office of Public Affairs at ICEMedia@ice.dhs.gov Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker BOSTON — Boston Immigration officials have arrested a Brazilian woman they say was wanted for gruesome murder in her home country Convicted of first-degree murder and related offenses by a criminal court in Minas Gerais was arrested by Fugitive Operations Team officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston in Quincy According to a news release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Sandoval was the subject of a criminal warrant issued by Brazilian authorities after she was convicted of murder She was sentenced to 17 years in prison by a criminal court in the city of Campos Altos Brazilian man wanted for murder in home country arrested by Boston immigration officials According to the news release, Sandoval sought and obtained a change in her immigration status in April 2021 from U.S. immigration authorities, who ultimately discovered that she failed to disclose her criminal charges. By fraudulently failing to disclose those charges, she violated the terms of the change to her immigration status. Brazilian law enforcement authorities issued a criminal warrant for Sandoval’s arrest, after she was convicted in absentia of the charges against her in September 2021 and sentenced to 17 years in prison. “When Brazilian law enforcement authorities issued the international criminal warrant for her arrest, ERO Boston immigration enforcement officials began an investigation to find her and confirmed her presence in ERO Boston’s jurisdiction,” reads the release. Sandoval was taken into custody without incident. She is expected to remain in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody pending the outcome of an immigration court hearing. Based on that outcome, ERO will seek removal from the United States. A woman convicted of murder in Brazil was arrested by ICE officials in Quincy, Massachusetts, on Monday. Lenaria Aparecida Pereira Sandoval, 29, is the subject of a criminal warrant issued by Brazilian authorities. ICE said she had applied for a change in her immigration status with U.S. authorities in April 2021, but failed to disclose information about the criminal charges she was facing at the time. Stream NBC10 Boston news for free, 24/7, wherever you are. She was convicted of murder, desecration of a corpse and vehicle theft by the court in Brazil in September 2021, ICe said. She was sentenced in absentia in the city of Campos Altos, located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Pereira Sandoval was arrested without incident, according to authorities. Get updates on what's happening in Boston to your inbox with our News Headlines newsletter. She will remain in ICE custody pending the outcome of an immigration court hearing. 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