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Speaking during a meeting at a farm in Mathira, the farmers led by their chairman Patrick Muchiri say that under the system, they will produce quality grades that will guarantee the best coffee in the world.
Growing up in the fifth generation of a Colombian coffee-growing family, Maria Jose Palacio knew just how unstable that life could be. Farmers’ incomes swing wildly because of fluctuations in international coffee prices, and they often lose money on their crops.
The Maprik development authority (MDDA), through its business arm, will now be buying coffee directly from farmers at a subsidised price, local MP and Minister for Agriculture and Livestock John Simon says.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said farmers have been losing up to 70 per cent of their earnings to corrupt cartels at cooperative societies and the Kenya Planters Cooperative Unions (KPCU), an organ entrusted with grading and trading of coffee berries.
While Chinese New Year in 2018 was celebrated with traditional festivities, the day also marked the grand release of the Starbucks single-origin Yunnan coffee. The announcement of the coffee represented a culmination of the groundwork put in place by the Starbucks’ Farming Centers in Yunnan.
BENGALURU: Small coffee farmers can make a big difference to our environment. A new study done in Hassan, Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru says conservation of Western Ghats’ biodiversity depends on these farmers growing the arabica variety in Karnataka.
The reopening of cafes has been one of the highlights of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for many Australians. During lockdowns, long queues for takeaway coffee were testimony to caffeine’s relevance to our lives.
The reopening of cafes has been one of the highlights of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for many Australians. During lockdowns, long queues for takeaway coffee were testimony to caffeine’s relevance to our lives.
With help from the Nespresso community, farmers are overcoming conflict, environmental disasters and economic hardships, and revitalizing their coffee farms to be more sustainable while bringing back to life some of the world’s rarest coffees.
As the specialty coffee sector has been improving rapidly in the past few years, tighter relations has developed between Indonesian downstream industry players (roasters) and coffee farmers.
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