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Study: New Remote Tech Maps China’s Coffee Lands with Near-95% Accuracy

Researchers in China are promoting a new machine learning model applied to satellite imagery that offers a “lightweight and easy to implement” template for precision mapping of coffee lands. In...

2026.01.13

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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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Cup of Excellence Coming to 11 Countries in 2026

The nonprofit Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE) released a preliminary schedule for its flagship Cup of Excellence (CoE) green coffee competition and auction program, featuring 11 coffee-producing countries in 2026....

2025.12.31

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Reflections on 1 Million Coffee Farmers Trained with TechnoServe Coffee Head Paul Stewart (Part 2)

This is part two of a two-part interview with Paul Stewart, the global coffee director for TechnoServe. The nonprofit recently announced it has helped train more than 1 million smallholder...

2025.12.17

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India Coffee Report: Production Down Slightly as Brazil Competition Picks Up

India’s coffee production is expected to hold near 6 million 60-kilogram bags in the 2025/26 market year (October-September), even as excessive monsoon rains hurt yields, according to the latest semi-annual...

2025.12.12

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Vietnam Coffee Report: Record-High Prices Drive Robusta Production

Coffee production in Vietnam is now forecast to reach 30.8 million 60-kilogram bags in the 2025/26 market year (October to September), up about 6% from last season as farmers...

2025.12.11

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Reflections on 1 Million Coffee Farmer Trainings with TechnoServe Coffee Head Paul Stewart (Part 1)

TechnoServe, one of the longest-running and farthest-reaching nonprofits operating in the coffee sector, recently announced it has helped train more than 1 million smallholder coffee farmers. Since launching its...

2025.12.09

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Fairtrade Plans Major Standards Overhaul for Coffee and Other Crops

Fairtrade International is planning a sweeping overhaul of the standards that govern Fairtrade-certified coffee and other crops. The multi-year project will likely reshape how millions of farmers, workers and buyers...

2025.11.26

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International Researchers Allege Widespread Errors in Smallholder Coffee Mapping, Offer Dataset

A new open-access dataset called Sample Earth aims to fix what its creators call a critical flaw in the global coffee and cocoa trade: maps that label current smallholder...

2025.11.26

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White House Offers Broad Coffee Tariff Relief; Brazil in Question

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a major rollback of “reciprocal” tariffs on a numerous agricultural products not readily grown in the United States, including coffee. While the announcement...

2025.11.17

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