by Jan von Enden | Jun 5, 2018 | Coffee, Sustainability
People working in the coffee sector have a funny habit. We talk and think about coffee farmers as a monolithic group: how do changing prices affect “farmers”? Will “farmers” be able to change growing practices in response to climate change? Which beans are “farmers”...
by Eike Temmeyer | Mar 28, 2018 | Academic research, Coffee, Evaluation, Tanzania
Meeting Tanzania’s Southern Highlands smallholder coffee farmers Located in the East African Rift in Southern Tanzania, Mbeya city and its sprawling suburbs cover a hilly valley between gigantic mountain ranges. The city serves as a regional hub due to its...
by Michael Opitz | Mar 21, 2018 | Coffee, Deforestation, Forest, Sustainability
About one third of the world’s land, more than four billion hectares, is forests. Every year, this area decreases by an average of 13 million hectares which corresponds to around 35 football fields per minute. The largest losses are observed in Africa and South...
by Jan von Enden | Mar 15, 2018 | Coffee, Farmer Organization, Sustainability
I find myself presenting the Neumann Foundation’s long-term sustainability approach to the coffee industry on a regular basis. I want to get companies more involved and develop a better understanding of what is needed in the field. In my conversations, I often hear...
by Alisher Sharipau | Mar 2, 2018 | Climate, Coffee, Vietnam, Water
In 2010 I took over my parents’ coffee farm that they had started in 1994. It’s our family tradition. Back in the day my grandparents worked on French coffee plantations. That’s where they learnt about coffee growing and passed their knowledge to next generations. We...
by Jan von Enden | Feb 27, 2018 | Coffee, Sustainability
It is a bit cliche to say that we learn the most from our failures. But, of course, like most cliches, we repeat it because it is true. And if we learn the most from our failures, and it is critical to learn from each other, then by all rights we need to be sharing...
