by Harm van Oudenhoven | Jun 13, 2022 | Indonesia
Early in the morning the Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) team set out for their first field visit to the new project region in Northern Sumatra. We had arrived the night before and had not seen much except for the holes in the road and overhanging foliage as we... by Harm van Oudenhoven | Jul 16, 2021 | Climate Change, Climate change mitigation, Indonesia, Sustainability
Sustainable coffee from Indonesia has huge potentials. On any given morning, when travelling through the western parts of South Sumatra one may be forgiven for thinking that all is well in this beautiful countryside. In the distance the rolling hills are covered with... by Timna Eckschmidt | Oct 21, 2020 | Academic research, Farmer Organization, Indonesia
Timna Eckschmidt is a student from Kühne Logistics University in Hamburg who researched for her master’s degree in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management within HRNS’ work with coffee cooperatives in Indonesia. In this Blogpost she shares her learnings and... by Jesko Johannsen | Jul 22, 2020 | Brazil, COVID-19, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Tanzania, Trifinio Region, Uganda
During the Coronavirus pandemic, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) increased the use of digital support to smallholder coffee farmer families in project regions. This support was not only through phone calls. Digital training sessions were conducted, training videos... by Jesko Johannsen | Jul 9, 2020 | Brazil, COVID-19, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Tanzania, Trifinio Region, Uganda
The Coronavirus pandemic contributes to existing problems, smallholder coffee farmer families are already facing, and poses a serious threat to household development plans, food security, business and income. This is a key finding from a survey, conducted by Hanns R.... by Adrian Bolliger | Feb 24, 2020 | Coffee, Farmer Organization, Indonesia, Processing
Radiating with determination and confidence, 28-year old coffee farmer Pak Eka Feri Anggrianwan, or ‘Pak Feri’ as he is generally known by his peers, carefully feels the surface of the harvested coffee cherries drying in the solar drier he constructed just one month...
