The president of the Coffee Association of El Salvador (Acafesal), Sergio Ticas, said that this was influenced by the effect of climate change on coffee plantations despite the planting of climate-resistant varieties.

The torrential rains of almost a year ago from hurricane Julia, in October, wiped out the first flowering in 2022, and although the coffee plantations bloomed again between January and February, this time it was the lack of rain due to the drought that caused the grain not to come out.

According to statistics from producers organized in Acafesal, only 800,000 quintals of coffee were harvested in 2022-2023 and the goal is not to lower this figure despite the adversities caused by the climatic phenomenon.

As of June, the CSC reported a production of 875,275 quintals of gold grape coffee, a drop that is attributed to the climate, the lack of fertilizer due to high prices and coffee tree diseases such as the coffee berry borer.

In summary, the coffee harvest that began in October 2022 and was extended until May of this year, will fall far short of the aspiration of reaching one million quintals, which has not been achieved since 2013.

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