The Kenyan coffee workforce is dwindling. Experienced farmers are getting older, and many young people are leaving the industry to pursue different careers. The coffee industry must take steps to sustain itself in a turbulent market, and one route to this goal is through technology. The profile of the average coffee producer is changing. In… (continued)
What Saudi Arabia is to oil, Brazil is to coffee. This agricultural powerhouse produces about a third of the world’s coffee beans. It is hard to understate the impact that the Brazilian crop has each year on global supply and prices. One of the reasons Brazil is so influential is that its coffee farms are… (continued)
If you’re a keen gardener, you’ve probably mulched. If not, you might not realise how important it is. Mulching is the process of applying a layer of an organic material, such as peat moss or wood chips, to the surface of soil. It has a number of benefits for plants, from providing nutrients and locking… (continued)
More than 120 million people in the world rely on activities relating to coffee production, including 25 million smallholder farmers and workers. For East African farmers who grow coffee on a small scale, the success of a single harvest can have a profound impact on income and the livelihoods of their families. A strong harvest… (continued)
Although grabbing a morning latte is a day-to-day choice for most, there is a long-term challenge that is affecting its future availability. As global temperatures rise and local rainfalls become more unpredictable, good coffee will become increasingly challenging to grow which could make your daily coffee more expensive to buy. Although the issue is so… (continued)
Around 80% of the world’s coffee is produced by 25 million small-scale coffee farmers. For many of them, coffee is their main source of income and their dependence on it as a cash crop is critical. On average, about 50% of coffee farming household income actually results from coffee production – in Rwanda and Kenya… (continued)