AfricaColumn: 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...
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AfricaWith 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...
AfricaStarbucks 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...
AfricaReport: Ethiopian Coffee Producers Facing ‘Green Squeeze’ from EUDR
Ever since European legislators put their stamp on the final draft of the new EU deforestation-free supply chain law (EUDR) in December 2022, organizations in and around the coffee industry...
60 DecibelsThe Coffee Farmer Thriving Index Says ‘Listen to the Farmers’
A major report from the social impact assessment firm 60 Decibels found that more than one third of coffee farmers in Uganda reported no profit in the previous year, with...
AfricaFrom Philly’s Win Win Coffee Comes the ViaNexta Coffee Trading Platform
The founders of Philadelphia’s Win Win Coffee have launched digital supply chain platform called ViaNexta designed to connect coffee farmers in the African diaspora directly to coffee buyers. Developed by...
AfricaThe 21st African Fine Coffees Conference and Expo is Heading to Tanzania
At a launch event in Tanzania today, the African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) announced that its flagship conference and expo will take place in Dar es Salaam in 2025. Happening...
AfricaInside a New Experiment to Find the Climate-Proof Coffee of the Future
This story was produced by Grist and co-published by Roast Magazine/Daily Coffee News. An international public-private partnership is supercharging coffee breeding to save your morning brew David Ngibuini is a...
AfricaStudy: Coffee Has High Potential to Combine Conservation and Production
As agricultural goods go, coffee has a particularly high potential to combine forest conservation, biodiversity and production output, according to a meta analysis published this spring. A team of researchers...
AfricaILO Leading $10.8 Million Child Labor in Coffee Project
The number of child laborers has been rising in recent years, reaching 160 million — or one in 10 children globally — as of the latest report from the United...