Why in news?  Bengaluru is all set to host the fifth edition of the World Coffee Conference (WCC 2023).

Highlights:

International Coffee Organisation

• Set up in 1963
• Under the auspices of the United Nations
• Aim – boost the economic importance of coffee globally
• Only inter-governmental organisation for coffee and represents 93% of world coffee production and 63% of world consumption
• India is a member

About Coffee board of India

• Established by an act of Parliament in 1942
• Under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
• Head office is situated in Bangalore
• Functions
  • promotion of sale and consumption of coffee in India and abroad
  • conducting coffee research
  • financial assistance to establish small coffee growers
  • safeguarding working conditions for labourers
  • manage the surplus pool of unsold coffee