Coffee Farming and agriculture

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 …

FERTILISER COST PUSHING VIETNAMESE COFFEE FARMERS TO OTHER CROPS Read More »

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 …

ANOTHER FROST THREATENS BRAZILIAN HARVEST Read More »

Inaccurate memes can be hard to correct. We’ve all heard, for instance, that “coffee is the second most traded commodity after oil.”  Over the last few years, that one has largely been debunked, but like a weed in the garden, we still see it periodically.  There is another meme circulating in coffee sustainability circles that …

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Melitta has sourced the first shipment of coffee produced and certified in collaboration with the project in Colombia, 4C said. 4C Services GmbH and the family-run coffee producer Melitta Europa GmbH & Co KG – Division Coffee – are working together with Colombian coffee farmers in the Magdalena region on the project. “Improving working and …

MELITTA RECEIVES FIRST SHIPMENT FROM 4C COLLABORATION IN COLOMBIA Read More »

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, …

ETHIOPIA GENERATES $894M FROM COFFEE EXPORTS Read More »

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 …

ICO RESEARCH COLLABORATION TO SUPPORT COFFEE FARMERS IN PERU Read More »

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 …

UNIVERSITY FINDS COFFEE LEAF RUST ‘WIDESPREAD’ IN VIETNAM Read More »

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 …

KENYA’S COFFEE FARMERS GET SUBSIDISED FERTILISER Read More »

“Fairtrade International has introduced a new Living Income Reference Price for coffee, sourced in Indonesia’s Aceh region as part of its ongoing global effort to protect farmers from market volatility and empower them in achieving decent and sustainable livelihoods.” Starting with West-African Cocoa and Vanilla, the non-profit organisation’s Living Income Reference Price – or LIRP – is …

FAIRTRADE UNVEILS INDONESIA COFFEE LIVING INCOME REFERENCE Read More »

Kenya’s current lack of rainfall is causing some concern among coffee farmers, but that is something out of their control. However, the skyrocketing costs of fertiliser were supposed to be eased by generous subsidies announced in February. The government said it would create a Sh 1bn ($8.7m) fund to subsidise 40% of the fertiliser costs …

KENYA MP’S ACCUSE GOV. OF CORRUPTION TO DIVERT FERTILISER SUBSIDY Read More »

Farmers from the beautiful islands of Hawaii, responsible for producing the famous Kona coffee, were shocked in 2020 to discover Coffee Leaf Rust on some islands. Since then, despite efforts to control it, the disease has spread. “We were in the process of preparing for CLR [coffee leaf rust], but it wasn’t the top priority, …

HAWAII DEVELOPING ACTION PLAN TO DEAL WITH COFFEE LEAF RUST Read More »