More than 120 million people in the world rely on activities relating to coffee production, including 25 million smallholder farmers and workers.
With sales of coffee increasing around the world, demand is higher than ever before. Coffee farmers make up to 30 critical crop management decisions each season. Knowing when to fertilise, or when to spray, are time-sensitive decisions that protect the crop, maximise yields and enhance the quality of the beans, in the face of unpredictable weather patterns as a result of climate change.
contact usThe ACCORD programme offers a smarter, data-driven solution by using satellite-enabled technology, combined with localised weather and ground truth data.
ACCORD helps farmers make timely, important decisions about crops with greater certainty than traditional methods. By helping farmers take action to mitigate the risks of climate change, it increases the reliability and sustainability of their coffee berry yield and bean quality. Farmers can rely on and increase the income they receive from coffee harvests, to support their families and protect their livelihoods, and in the long run ensure coffee is sustainable as a cash crop for smallholder farmers.
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This case study offers an overview of key successes and learnings of the Advanced Coffee Crop Optimisation for Rural Development (ACCORD) project at the midpoint of implementation.
The report outlines the context within which the project is being implemented, the problem being addressed, solutions to the problem, partners involved, the pathway to success and results achieved so far.
It also provides initial evidence of the impact on smallholder coffee farmers in Rwanda and Kenya where the programme has been implemented.
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22nd March 2021
Tackling sustainability in smallholder coffee farming in the face of climate change has largely been a ‘bottom-up’ effort. Achieving sustainability for the world’s smallholder farmers req...
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15th March 2021
As the ACCORD programme draws to a close it is inevitably a time to reflect on what we have learned about such an important industry as coffee. It is a commodity we generally take for gra...
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WeatherSafe aims to help coffee stakeholders around the world protect and improve their farming operations with uniquely powerful software tailored to the industry. We combine weather monitoring, agronomic data modelling, and satellite data to deliver a solution that helps farmers, government and NGOs.
Coffee Management Services (CMS) is a leading agri-business service provider offering a wide range of services in the coffee sector. CMS helps coffee farmers bear the challenges of the coffee industry by enhancing improved farm management practices, facilitating a stronger negotiation position and access to new and favourable markets.
Kinini is a coffee cooperative based in Rwanda. Their farming and trade activities has resulted in the creation of Schools, Nurseries and other social services that are shared among a growing community of farmers, their families and the wider community. Their work will serve as an example to the project of how the advice offered by ACCORD has resulted in a huge step change in coffee productivity, incomes and livelihoods.
San Francisco Bay‘s parent company, Rogers Family Coffee, is a privately held, 100% family-owned and operated company. Rogers strive to improve the quality of life and environment of our employees, farmers, customers and where they do business. Rogers owns and operates Coffee Farms in Mexico, Panama and Hawaii and produce many popular brands.
Oxford Policy Management Ltd (OPM) is a consultancy-based research organisation with more than 35 years’ experience in international development, across over 100 countries, including Rwanda and Kenya. OPM’s expertise ranges from research and policy development through to capacity building and M&E for international development projects.
The UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Programme through the Global Challenge Research fund
