by Alisher Sharipau | Dec 25, 2017 | Coffee agronomy trainings, Indonesia, South-South exchange, Vietnam
Why does a farmer in Indonesia harvest 0.5 Mt of coffee per ha, whereas in Vietnam they get 2-4 Mt? It’s not just geography and climate. Both countries face unpredictable weather fluctuations. Rather, it’s agricultural methods. As the governor of OKU Selatan District...
by Alisher Sharipau | Dec 15, 2017 | Coffee industry, Conference, Philippines, South-South exchange, Vietnam
It was probably the last thing that delegates of the 23d International Coffee Conference expected to hear when the regional manager of Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung Asia Pacific Dr. Dave D’haeze pointed out: “Philippines has a potential of becoming the third coffee tiger...
by Jan von Enden | Dec 6, 2017 | Coffee, Origin, Sustainability
If you haven’t read Anya Khalamayzer’s piece in GreenBiz on Starbucks’ sustainability bonds yet, I encourage you to. It presents a very nice summary of the state of coffee sustainability today–what our sector is trying to do, why it’s urgent, how it relates to...
