land management

GCP Publishes RegenCoffee, Proposes Common Language for Regenerative Agriculture

Following a six-month collaborative effort, the Global Coffee Platform just published RegenCoffee, a guidance document designed to provide shared language and resources surrounding regenerative agriculture in the coffee sector. ...

2025.09.03

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Not All Agroforestry Systems Are Created Equal (or Funded Equally)

A new comment article published in Nature Climate Change makes the case for more forest-based agroforestry — integrating crops into existing forests — as an underutilized climate and livelihood solution....

2025.09.02

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Study Confirms Coffee Rust Fungicides Toxic to Farmworkers

A new study revealed significant health risks for coffee farmworkers in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil, stemming from exposure to triazole fungicides. The chemicals are used throughout the global coffee sector...

2025.01.28

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How Shade Coffee Lends Conservation a Hand

When managed in the right way, the farms that provide our morning brew can be a refuge for plant and animal biodiversity Q&A — Ecologist Ivette Perfecto Up in the...

2024.02.07

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Sumatra Coffee Farmers See Gains Through Agroforestry and Organic Fertilizer

Farmers in Indonesia’s Lampung province are making their own organic fertilizer in order to lessen reliance on volatile external supply chains. They’ve also diversified the number of crops they grow,...

2024.01.25

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Ethiopia Launches $20.8 Million Coffee Land Use Program (FOLUR)

In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Government of Ethiopia has officially embarked on a long-term program to combat deforestation and integrate sustainability in the coffee sector....

2024.01.05

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How Coffee is Both an Environmental Hero and Villain, Part 2

The first piece in this mini series provided an overview of different methods of commercial coffee production and how they may affect the environment and climate change, defining two ends...

2023.08.10

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Hawaii Study: Picking, Not Pesticides, May Be Best Tool Against CBB

By using fewer pesticides to control coffee berry borer (CBB) populations, Hawaiian coffee farmers may actually increase coffee production, harvested coffee quality and even economic gains. This counterintuitive outcome regarding...

2023.08.10

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