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Coffee-based agroforestry: a new way to increase farmers’ income
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By Hendra Gunawan and Endri Martini * A few years ago, a mixed orchard based on coffee trees was hard to find in Konawe District...
Starbucks distributes one million coffee trees to farmers
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SEATTLE, U.S. – Starbucks Coffee Company has expanded its commitment to supporting the specialty coffee industry by addressing one of the most significant threats...
IFC and Cargill supporting Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa farmers
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ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire's cocoa farmers are benefiting from new trucks to transport their crops thanks to a leasing program supported by...
Starbucks places high price on Rwandan premium coffee
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Starbucks places high price on Rwandan premium coffee. Rwanda will this year fetch more than $3 million from 14,400 bags of Arabica coffee sold...
COCOA BAROMETER – Chocolate too cheap to be sustainable
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AMSTERDAM – Extreme poverty is the norm for West African cocoa farmers. At the same time, the cocoa supply chain is increasingly dominated by...
CENTRAL AMERICA – Nicaraguan coffee farmers seek creative solutions to drought, climate change
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Coffee drinkers in the United States reach for a warm cup of joe when the crisp autumn wind blows in November, but meanwhile, farmers...
COOPERATION – IFC and Cargill to invest U.S. $2.5 million to expand business skills program for cocoa farmer cooperatives
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LONDON, UK – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Cargill are investing U.S. $2.5 million to strengthen and expand the successful Cargill Coop Academy...
US – American farmers volunteer to help Fight serious coffee blight in Central America
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. skilled volunteers are helping Central American growers struggling with a serious coffee blight that has led to shortages and higher...
CENTRAL AMERICA – El Niño conditions will heighten the food insecurity of subsistence farmers
Poor households in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua dependent on subsistence farming and coffee-growing activities have faced climatic and economic shocks adversely affecting...
VIETNAM – Coffee shipments up 15.6% on year, according to GSO
MILAN – According to the monthly report of Vietnam’s General Statistics Office (GSO), coffee shipments from the world’s top Robusta player are expected to...