{"id":73605,"date":"2026-09-28T04:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/?p=73605"},"modified":"2026-09-28T05:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T05:03:37","slug":"coffee-board-brews-sustainability-push-with-new-certification-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/?p=73605","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Board brews sustainability push with new certification framework"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CoffeeBeansKF.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CoffeeBeansKF-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CoffeeBeansKF-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CoffeeBeansKF-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CoffeeBeansKF-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CoffeeBeansKF.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                  <em>  Sustainability standards on the anvil | Photo Credit: Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Coffee Board has developed sustainability standards and is in the process of implementing the certification process, said Kurma Rao, its Chief Executive Officer and Secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India, the world\u2019s seventh-largest coffee producer and fifth-largest exporter, exported coffee worth more than $2 billion in 2025-26, with nearly 39% comprising value-added products., he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indian coffee\u2019s distinctive advantage lies in its traditional shade-grown cultivation, which the Board aims to leverage through the new sustainability standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have published the standards. We are in the process of implementing the certification and a steering committee has been formed for it,\u201d he told&nbsp;<em>The Hindu<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The certification will be done at three levels &#8211; first will be done by the Board based on self certification by the growers. The second level will involve independent third-party verification, while the third level will benchmark Indian standards against internationally recognised sustainability frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source: http:\/\/www.thehindu.com \/ The Hindu \/ Home> Business \/ by M Soundariya  Preetha \/ September 25th, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainability standards on the anvil | Photo Credit: Getty Images\/iStockphoto The Coffee Board has developed sustainability standards and is in the process of implementing the certification process, said Kurma Rao, its Chief Executive Officer and Secretary. India, the world\u2019s seventh-largest coffee producer and fifth-largest exporter, exported coffee worth more than $2 billion in 2025-26, with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/?p=73605\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coffee Board brews sustainability push with new certification framework<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1203],"tags":[309,101,1005,1359,7575,7574],"class_list":["post-73605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coffee-board-india-wef-nov-17-2021","tag-coorg","tag-kodagu","tag-kodagu-district","tag-kodagu-first","tag-kurma-rao","tag-the-coffee-board"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73605"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73612,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73605\/revisions\/73612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}