Africa

How Europe’s Deforestation Law Could Change the Global Coffee Trade

If your morning can’t begin without coffee, you’re in good company. The world drinks about 2 billion cups of coffee a day. However, a European Union law might soon affect your...

2025.09.02

AfricaagroforestryAsiaCentral AmericacertificationsColumnsdeforestationenvironmental sustainabilityEthiopiaEUDRFarmer Issuesgreen coffeeIndonesiaMarket NewsOriginshade coffeeSouth AmericaSustainabilityWorld Coffee Researchコーヒー

High-Quality Greens for a High-Impact Cause at Upcoming Grounds for Health Auction

The annual Grounds for Health green coffee and equipment auction returns Thursday, Sept. 18, giving roasters an opportunity to buy special, traceable coffees while supporting the noble cause of...

2025.09.01

AfricaauctionsEventsFarmer IssuesFinca El Injertogreen coffeeGrounds for HealthHacienda La EsmeraldaHacienda La MinitahealthIndustryJustin MoolKeffa CoffeeMarket NewsnonprofitsOriginSan Cristobal Coffee ImportersUnited StatesWalker Coffee Tradingコーヒー

Study Suggests Coffee Industry Has Been Incentivizing Carbon Storage All Wrong

For more than a century, the act of planting new trees has helped assuage the collective guilt of humans, the beneficiaries of economic progress at the expense of the...

2025.08.27

AfricaagroforestryAsiaBezos Earth Fundbiodiversitycarbon neutralitycarbon offsetsCentral Americacertificationsclimate changeEmily Pappogreen coffeeIndustryKnobloch Family FoundationmonocultureOriginRuth Bennettshade coffeeSmithsonian Bird FriendlySmithsonian Migratory Bird CenterSmithsonian Tropical Research InstituteSmithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteSouth Americaコーヒー

Three Questions with Coffee Expert Beamlak Bekele

One of Beamlak Bekele’s earliest memories of her father is watching him cup coffee in a laboratory. Growing up in a coffee-centered family in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Bekele never imagined...

2025.02.05

Addis AbabaAfricaBeamlak BekeleCherish Addis CafeColumnsCxffeeblackEthiopiaInternational Women's Coffee AllianceOriginSiniws BusinessThree Questions WithTsega FTAコーヒー

With Green Climate Fund Backing, Conservation International Launching AROMA Coffee Project

The Green Climate Fund recently signed off on an approximately $2 million grant to support the design of an ambitious multi-year coffee sustainability program led by the nonprofit Conservation International...

2025.01.20

AfricaCentral Americaclimate adaptationclimate changeclimate mitigationConservation Internationalenvironmental sustainabilityFarmer IssuesGreen Climate FundGuatemalaHondurasIndustryInternationalMarket NewsMexicoOriginSustainabilityUgandaUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changeコーヒー

Report: Climate Change Adaptation Plans Are Working for Coffee Producers

A new report commissioned by Fairtrade International and co-funded by the European Union found that coffee producers are leading producers in other agricultural sectors in planning for climate change, though...

2024.12.13

AfricaCentral Americaclimate adaptationclimate changeenvironmental sustainabilityEuropean UnionFairtrade InternationalFarmer IssuesIndustryInternationalMarket NewsOriginSustainabilityコーヒー

Major FAO Report Reveals ‘Hidden Costs’ of Coffee Production

As coffee prices currently sit at historically high levels on the commodities markets, driven by supply concerns and growing demand, the economic benefits for green coffee producers might seem universally...

2024.12.11

Africachild laborcoffee pricesdeforestationEast Africaenvironmental sustainabilityEthiopiaFAOFarmer Issuesgreen coffeeliving incomeOriginresearchsmallholder farmerssocial sustainabilitySustainabilityTanzaniaUgandaUnited Nations Food and Agriculture Organizationコーヒー

Column: The Shifting Seasons of Coffee Shipments

Seasonality The idea that a particular crop — in our case, coffee — is available and fresh for a particular portion of the year is long-ingrained in the specialty food...

2024.12.10

AfricaAsiaBrazilCentral AmericaChris KornmanCosta RicaCraft/OperationsEthiopiaFarmer Issuesgreen coffeeGreen Coffee: A Guide for Roasters and BuyersGuatemalaHondurasIndonesiaIndustryInternationalKenyalogisticsMacroMarket NewsMexicoMicroNicaraguaOriginPapua New GuineaPeruRoastingRoyal CoffeeshippingSouth AmericaSumatraUgandaコーヒー

With USAID Support, JNP Coffee Establishing Burundi Coffee Academy and Dry Mill

Green coffee trading company JNP Coffee is leading the creation of a coffee academy and separate dry mill in Burundi. The academy is being designed to train to women and...

2024.11.14

AfricaBujumburaBurundiCorporategrantsgreen coffeeIndustryInternationalJNP CoffeeMarket NewsMassachusettsOriginSustainabilityUnited StatesUSAIDコーヒー

Starbucks Expands Research-Focused Coffee Farm Operations

Starbucks today announced an expansion of its in-house coffee farming and sustainability research activities, including new coffee farms in Costa Rica and Guatemala, plus planned investments for farms in Africa...

2024.10.04

AfricaagronomyAlajuelaAntiguaAsiaCentral AmericaCorporateCosta RicaFarmer IssuesGuatemalaHacienda AlsaciaIndustryInternationalMarketingOriginresearchscienceStarbucksSustainabilityコーヒー