by Guest Author | Jan 21, 2020 | Coffee, Coffee agronomy trainings, Evaluation, M&E, Uganda
In Uganda, it’s estimated that over 10 million people depend on coffee for their livelihood, but here, productivity and coffee yields are among the lowest in the world. For 12 years, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) has implemented projects that train smallholder...
by Mohammad Reiza | May 13, 2019 | Coffee, Coffee agronomy trainings, Indonesia
Inviting us to stand in a leafy green corner outside his house and holding up a hand-crafted, wooden bee box, Sofik beams as he tells us of his bees. “Since I started raising bees, the coffee on my farm is doing better, while the cash I earn from selling honey helps...
by Gabriela Tyggum | Apr 24, 2019 | Coffee, Coffee agronomy trainings, Farmer Organization, Honduras
The Leveron family lives on a small coffee farm in Ocotepeque, Honduras, part of the Trifinio region in Central America, the tri-border area of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. In the Trifinio, the main agricultural activity is coffee farming. For Kevin, Olvin,...
by Aaron Scheuerman | Nov 23, 2018 | Climate, Coffee, Coffee agronomy trainings, Colombia, Farmer Organization
When one thinks of coffee they usually are not thinking about its origins and how it got to their cup. However, if you ask them where they think their cup of coffee came from, you’ll get an overwhelming response, Colombia! A country rich in tradition, a tradition deep...
by Alisher Sharipau | May 28, 2018 | Coffee agronomy trainings, Vietnam
As school knowledge is tested by exams, the efficiency of farmer trainings is evaluated by adoption rates. A training is considered successful not when a large number of people attend it, but when farmers start practically applying the techniques they’ve learnt. One...
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...
