Africa

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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Major Traders Agree on Two ‘Principles of Procurement’ to Improve Coffee Sector Sustainability

A group of 14 major coffee traders and roasters has agreed on two shared green coffee buying principles intended to improve the long-term economic viability of coffee farmers. Three...

2026.04.01

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Three Questions with Mike Mamo of Addis Exporter

As a world-class runner attending college in the United States, Mike Mamo had little inclination to join his family’s coffee business, Addis Exporter, founded by his father in Ethiopia. “I...

2026.03.26

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Study Finds Coffee Accounts for 1% of Agriculture-Driven Global Deforestation

A sweeping new analysis of commodity-driven deforestation published in Nature Food found that coffee accounts for just 1% of global agriculture-driven deforestation, far below beef at 40% and below...

2026.03.25

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New CafeClima Platform Supports Climate-Smart Coffee Replanting

World Coffee Research (WCR), along with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, today announced the launch of CafeClima, a free web platform designed to help farmers, agronomists, funders...

2026.02.12

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CQI Expands 2026 Global Coffee Fund, Launches Matching Grants

The nonprofit Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) announced an expanded 2026 Global Coffee Fund program, saying it aims to mobilize $500,000 to expand access to coffee quality education and related...

2026.02.06

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Report: Sustainability Must Be Embedded Into Core Buying Practices to Drive Change

A new “living document” from the civil-society coalition VOCAL Coffee Alliance argues that project-based corporate sustainability is doing little to shift value chain imbalances and promote long-term sustainable coffee...

2026.02.06

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Ethiopia Study Identifies Key Variables Affecting Arabica Production

A decade of farm-level data from Ethiopia’s Gedeo Zone suggests coffee quality and yield are not dictated by a single factor such as altitude. Instead, the strongest quality signals...

2026.01.29

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IWCA Inks MOUs with Cup of Excellence and ACE to Boost Women in Coffee

The International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) has signed new memoranda of understanding with Cup of Excellence (CoE) and the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE). The agreements are designed to...

2026.01.13

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