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 Sarah Kenyi | Jun 25, 2020 | Alliance for Resilient Coffee, Climate, Coffee agronomy trainings, COVID-19, Irrigation, Uganda
The effects of climate change such as prolonged droughts and unreliable weather patterns adversely impact smallholder coffee growing farmers in Uganda. To mitigate this, the three active Feed the Future Alliance for Resilient Coffee (ARC) consortium partners in the... by Sarah Kenyi | Jun 9, 2020 | Alliance for Resilient Coffee, COVID-19, Uganda
As a child, Ivan Ssembajwe a young coffee farmer from the plush countryside of Luwero, Uganda, would keenly watch his grandmother and mother tiling the land day in and day out to grow crops for sustenance and income. With every changing season and passing year, Ivan’s... by Jesko Johannsen | May 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Uganda
Two important elements in the work of Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) are proximity and collaboration. Proximity to farmer communities came to a sudden stop due to the Coronavirus pandemic and collaboration with partners (which usually also takes place with... by Sarah Kenyi | May 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Uganda
Commitment, flexibility, innovation. During this Coronavirus pandemic, all of us who work in agriculture sustainability need to strengthen our ongoing support to smallholder coffee farming families by being flexible and innovative in order to adapt to the challenges... by HRNS Admin | 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...
