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European Commission Adds Soluble Coffee to EUDR Product List

Soluble coffee is set to be added to the European Union’s landmark deforestation-free supply chains law, known as EUDR, under an act adopted by the European Commission this week. The...

2026.07.17

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Inside the 2026 Coffee Barometer, Part 1: Prices Swing, Structures Don’t

Record-high commodity coffee prices have not rescued the coffee industry from its sustainability shortcomings, according to the newly released 2026 Coffee Barometer. By contrast, they may have exposed how little...

2026.07.03

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Inside the 2026 Coffee Barometer, Part 1: Prices Swing, Structures Don’t

Record-high commodity coffee prices have not rescued the coffee industry from its sustainability shortcomings, according to the newly released 2026 Coffee Barometer. By contrast, they may have exposed how little...

2026.07.03

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Best of Congo Cooperatives Returns with 34 High-Quality Traceable Lots

The Best of Congo Cooperatives is back for a third edition in 2026, opening another rare buying window for high-quality, traceable green coffee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Organized...

2026.06.24

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Uganda Coffee Report: Production Steady but Government Signals Strategy Shift

Uganda’s green coffee production is forecast to rise 0.9% to 7.16 million 60-kilogram bags in market year 2026/27, as high prices have encouraged more planted area and more robusta production,...

2026.06.23

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Fairtrade Launches Free EUDR Geolocation Tool for Coffee Cooperatives

Fairtrade International is launching a new digital platform called Plot Insights to help coffee and cocoa cooperatives manage and verify geolocation data ahead of the looming EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)...

2026.06.17

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Researchers Propose ‘Libex’ Hybrid as Climate Change Accelerates

Researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have proposed the formal name Coffea × libex for hybrids of the liberica and excelsa coffee species, arguing that the cross could provide...

2026.05.21

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Coffee Crops Are Dying from a Fungus with Species-Jumping Genes

For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you’ve never heard of. This fungal disease has repeatedly reshaped the global coffee...

2026.04.14

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WCR Leads Nearly $1 Million Project to Strengthen Ugandan Coffee Sector

The nonprofit World Coffee Research (WCR) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have announced a €850,000 (roughly $994,000) investment designed to improve Ugandan farmers’ access to disease-resistant...

2026.04.09

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Major Ag Lender Warns of Arabica Land Losses from Climate Change

One of the world’s largest agricultural lenders issued a stark warning to the coffee industry last week, saying broad areas now used for arabica production could become climatically unsuitable...

2026.04.02

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