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The ongoing war in Ukraine has affected the global fertiliser supply, among other commodities that keep the world going. Fertiliser prices have gone up in many countries, forcing governments and farmers to implement various strategies. The Kenyan government, for example, has distributed subsidised fertiliser to coffee farmers in an effort to increase both yield and […]

Nature does not seem to want to give Brazil a break.  After a devastating black frost in July 2021, which contributed greatly to a rise in global coffee prices, another drop in temperatures forecast for 16 May threatens coffee production in central Brazil. Brazil is the biggest producer of coffee. When a natural disaster occurs

According to local news sources, Ethiopia has had a successful year in the coffee sector. Recently, we wrote about the continuous growth of annual coffee exports in Ethiopia. The latest news reports that in the first three quarters of the fiscal year 2021/22, Ethiopia generated “more than $894 million revenue from Coffee trade” Last year,

Identifying a living wage in the coffee industry is critical to establishing a baseline, that is to say, the minimum amount a farmer should be earning. But some traders and importers are going a step further and paying extra cents on top of premiums, to ensure farmers get more than just enough to survive. Organisations

Recently, researchers from the University of Tsukuba and Ibaraki University published a research paper, revealing that coffee leaf rust (CLR) disease “is widespread in the main coffee-growing regions of Vietnam, the world’s second-largest coffee producer.” They published their findings in Frontiers in Plant Science. Coffee leaf rust or Hemileia vastatrix, is one of the most

As fertiliser is becoming more expensive to procure due to various factors, including the Russian-Ukrainian war and logistics bottlenecks, the New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU) has decided to distribute subsidised fertiliser to coffee farmers. This is intended to increase both quality and quantity, which in turn increases farmers’ income. Mary Nzomo, CEC member for