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WHO WILL PAY FOR THE PRICE OF SHADE
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…
MELITTA RECEIVES FIRST SHIPMENT FROM 4C COLLABORATION IN COLOMBIA
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 -…
ETHIOPIA GENERATES $894M FROM COFFEE EXPORTS
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…
ICO RESEARCH COLLABORATION TO SUPPORT COFFEE FARMERS IN PERU
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…
UNIVERSITY FINDS COFFEE LEAF RUST ‘WIDESPREAD’ IN VIETNAM
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.”…
KENYA’S COFFEE FARMERS GET SUBSIDISED FERTILISER
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.…