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COOPERATION – Borlaug Institute leads effort to rebuild Central American coffee industry
COLLEGE STATION, TX — The largest project of its type for Texas A&M AgriLife aims to reconstruct a Central American coffee industry still recovering...
COLOMBIA – The experience of mobile banking for coffee growers
Colombia is well known for the quality of its coffee around the world. During an international coffee award (the Cup of Excellence) the jury...
VIETNAM – The Costa Foundation completes two new nursery schools in rural communities
The Costa Foundation has completed two new nursery schools for marginalised ethnic minority communities in remote coffee growing communities of Vietnam. The 36th and 37th...
POLAND – A Polish bankrupt with a new business project collects funds using crowdfunding.
WROCŁAW – The first Take Away coffee house was created in 2012 in Wrocław and it is the smallest local in Poland. It has...
PROJECTS – IFC and GAFSP support coffee farmers in Central America for better production
MANAGUA, Nicaragua – IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) will provide a combined...
AFRICA – Liberia launches first post-war cocoa/coffee project
MONROVIA – The first post-war cocoa and coffee project that will improve the livelihood of smallholders farmers has been launched in Vahun, Lofa County,...
RESEARCH – Are coffee grounds good for your plants?
HAIFA, Israel – Could used coffee grounds be good for your plants? University of Haifa scientists are planning to answer that question. Researchers at the...
ITC – A better blend needed to energize the African coffee sector
Fostering public-private coordination in sector development, achieving scale in sustainability and empowering women are the three keys needed to revive the African coffee industry. Targeting...
SUSTAINABILITY – SCAA honors project focused on linking coffee producers with specialty segment of mainstream retailer in United Kingdom
LONG BEACH, Calif., US – The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) presents its 2014 Sustainability Award to Twin, a UK-based ethical trading organization. Twins...