10 FEBRUARY 1998. BRAZIL: AGRICULTURAL (IMPACT)

Inter Press Service reports that despite an ENSO-induced drought in Espiritu Santo, conditions look good for the Brazilian coffee harvest, expected to increase by 65 % (18.86 million sacks in 1997-98 to 31.17 million sacks in 1988-89) while conditions have deteriorated for coffee production in Indonesia, Colombia and Central America. Frosts in Brazil during June - August could, however, reverse the optimistic projections.

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