Saudi Arabia Has Potential to Lead Global Coffee Industry Trade

Saudi Arabia Has Potential to Lead Global Coffee Industry Trade

The International Forum for the Sustainability of Saudi Coffee highlighted the Kingdom’s potentials to be a global hub for the trade and manufacture of coffee.

The forum, which concluded on Sunday, was organized by the Ministry of Culture in the southern city of Jazan with the participation of local and international experts to mark International Coffee Day.

A set of recommendations were issued at the end of the event, including the importance of Saudi Arabia joining the International Coffee Organization to promote the exchange of experiences, enhance the presence of the local product internationally, and cooperate in the field of research, innovation and development of national capabilities.

The forum stressed the need to help farmers improve production and boost the sector’s sustainability, and to support the innovation and entrepreneurship industry that would contribute to addressing challenges related to strengthening the Saudi coffee value chain.

The participants recommended organizing an annual international forum for Saudi coffee to discuss the achievements, challenges and aspirations, in partnership with the local community, and to study the launch of cultural indicators in cooperation with stakeholders, with the aim to monitor support for the coffee industry.

The second day of the forum concluded with two dialogue sessions that focused on the