by Jesko Johannsen | Jan 31, 2018 | Hands-on, Vietnam, Water
Hands-On in Tanzania Figures Improving The Lives of Young Coffee Farmers For Bui Ngoc Vinh it is all about water. And that doesn’t make his work as irrigation engineer for HRNS in Vietnam always easy: “As you know, water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, so...
by Jan von Enden | Jan 25, 2018 | Coffee, Origin, Sustainability
I am an eternal optimist. You have to be in this line of work—protecting the future of coffee is tireless work, and it can feel like once we’ve solved one challenge, in one place, then a dozen more bubble up. Taking time to count the successes and keeping up hope that...
by Jesko Johannsen | Jan 22, 2018 | Coffee, Colombia, Farmer Organization, Gender, Origin
Without women there would be no coffee. All too often we forget their role in coffee production. They are present in almost 100% of the farms and active in the different production processes. But their participation in decision-making, in participation in training...
