Brazil's CONAB unveils Plataforma Parque Cafeeiro to certify zero-deforestation coffee for EU

Brazil’s National Supply Company (CONAB) introduced Plataforma Parque Cafeeiro (Coffee Park Platform) in Brasilia on March 2, 2026, as a free, public digital system on CONAB’s website to map coffee production areas, record technological and sustainability profiles, and provide traceability tools to support compliance with Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, the European Union’s anti‑deforestation rule. CONAB said the platform leverages official records to verify whether coffee production took place on lands deforested after December 31, 2020, the cutoff set by the EUDR.

The platform’s technical backbone combines constantly updated public government databases via APIs with high-resolution satellite monitoring that, CONAB and reporting outlets say, covers the entire coffee-growing area of Brazil. Comunicaffe reported that crop mapping took place between 2021 and 2025 and that the system applies artificial intelligence and convolutional neural networks to identify crops in production and development, taking into account management practices and phenology to generate near-real-time maps and yield estimates.

Outputs available to growers, cooperatives and companies include geospatial maps of coffee-growing areas, yield estimates, recorded technological profiles and sustainability indicators, plus report generation and a government-endorsed declaration certifying compliance with zero-deforestation criteria. The Cooperator reported that CONAB positioned the tool to enable coffee growers to issue a government-endorsed declaration and allow exporters and other sector participants to generate reports demonstrating compliance to European importers.

CONAB credited development work to the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and “various other agencies,” with CONAB leading the initiative. Valor reported CONAB arguing the technology will act as a “sustainability seal,” helping keep Brazilian coffee competitive abroad and reduce information costs for the sector. CONAB President Edegar Pretto told Valor, “This is an extremely important measure for the sector. With the platform, it will be possible to keep the doors of the European common market open. CONAB is always attentive to improving the quality of Brazilian products.” Comunicaffe quoted Pretto adding, “Brazilian coffee is synonymous with quality, and from today it will also be synonymous with traceability and trust.”

Comunicaffe also reported that CONAB presented Plataforma Parque Cafeeiro in Milan “this week,” framing the launch ahead of EUDR’s definitive entry into force; Valor noted the European requirements are expected to take effect at the end of this year. Comunicaffe highlighted that the platform will help demonstrate coffee is produced without deforestation or the appropriation of land from indigenous and Quilombola communities.

Key technical and legal questions remain open: sources did not specify which public databases and APIs are integrated, which satellite providers and image resolutions are used, the AI model validation metrics or whether EU authorities have accepted CONAB outputs as sufficient EUDR evidence. CONAB and UFMG will face demand for those details as exporters and importers test the platform’s government-endorsed declarations ahead of the pending EU implementation.