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COVID-19 UPDATESAt Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) we feel a strong responsibility in the current COVID-19 pandemic for both our beneficiaries and our staff. We react with additional commitment, flexibility and adaptation to this special situation.
Webinar: United by Change
View the recording! Additional Resources: Read more about our key findings by downloading our two flyers here: Blogpost: How to address COVID-19 in smallholder communities A blogpost from our HRNS Managing Director: Michael Opitz Webinar Questions & Answers ...
United by Change: How to address COVID-19 in smallholder communities
For smallholder coffee farmer families, poverty and financial hardship were on the rise even before the pandemic started. And the situation now got worse in many places with COVID-19. Coffee prices are low, food is more expensive, income is affected, farm management...
COVID-19 shows smallholder families` readiness for increased digital trainings
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...
Addressing the effects of COVID-19 on coffee farmers in Tanzania
To adapt to the global Coronavirus pandemic, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) has adjusted our approach to the Building Coffee Farmers Alliance Phase II project in Tanzania which is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA),...
HRNS warns of COVID-19 long-term effects for smallholder families in coffee regions
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....
Nuestra Respuesta al COVID-19 en Centroamérica: 3 áreas de enfoque
Han pasado más de 100 días bajo cuarentena y estrictas restricciones de movilidad. Mientras muchos países europeos comienzan a levantar algunas medidas de contención, los casos apenas comienzan a alcanzar su pico más alto en Centroamérica. Los sistemas de salud son...
Responding to COVID-19 in Central America: 3 underlying areas
It’s been more than 100 days under quarantine and strict mobility restrictions. As many European countries start to lift coronavirus containment measures, cases are just starting to reach the highest peak in Central America. Health systems are vulnerable, and...
Integrating Gender into Climate Change Interventions
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...
Finding Solutions to the Effects of COVID-19 on Ethiopian Farmers
The Coronavirus global pandemic is already having adverse effects on many nation’s economies and Ethiopia is no exception. In an effort to limit economic harm while curbing the spread of the virus, the Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency. Thereafter,...
Global Connection in Times of Social Distancing
Recognizing that the global pandemic will continue to influence the lives of these families for months to come, we wanted to share our immediate response to this situation as well as the importance of long-term thinking. In mid-May we started a four-week miniseries on...
HRNS do Brasil and the power of partnerships in the COVID-19 crisis
The global Coronavirus pandemic is increasingly affecting the livelihood of millions of smallholder farming families in coffee producing regions. With more than half a million cases up to date, Brazil has the second-highest number of cases worldwide. For Hanns R....
Battling climate change using creative and cost-effective methods in 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...
Innovation in Coffee Communities: Webinar 3
View the recording! Building resiliency in the face of a changing climate Subscribe Now For Upcoming Webinars: Webinar #4: Tuesday, June 9: 9am PDT/ 12pm EDT/ 6pm CEST/ 7pm EAT Creating strong and thriving farmer organizations Questions? Email us in advance if you...
Innovation in Coffee Communities: Webinar 2
View the recording! Exploring gender inclusion within farming families and organizationsSubscribe Now For Upcoming Webinars: Webinar #3: Tuesday, June 2: 9am PDT/ 12pm EDT/ 6pm CEST/ 7pm EAT Building resiliency in the face of a changing climate Webinar #4: Tuesday,...
Exploiting the role of Communication for Development during COVID-19
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...
Innovation in Coffee Communities: Webinar 1
View the recording! Sparking the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of youth Subscribe Now For Upcoming Webinars: Webinar #2: Tuesday, May 26: 9am PDT/ 12pm EDT/ 6pm CEST/ 7pm EAT Exploring gender inclusion within farming families and organizations Webinar #3:...
Bringing support to smallholder families in Central America amid COVID-19
“The majority of our work with smallholder farming families usually takes place in coffee farms. In the wake of the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Central America and movement restrictions established by the government, we were initially concerned about no longer being...
HRNS Uganda supports smallholder coffee farmer families despite the Coronavirus Pandemic
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...
Innovation in Coffee Communities
Bringing field experiences to your home office with weekly webinars. Join us for a weekly webinar every Tuesday (9am PDT/ 12pm EDT/ 6pm CEST/ 7pm EAT) starting May 19, to dig into what it takes for coffee communities to thrive. Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) is...
COVID-19: We will handle this together
Young Coffee Farmers need your support during this SARS-COV-2 Pandemic. These are unprecedented times. The global disruption caused by the spreading of COVID-19 is affecting every aspect of our lives. At Coffee Kids we feel a strong responsibility for our teams on the...
COVID-19: How HRNS informs coffee communities and remains committed during this crisis
At Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) we feel a strong responsibility in the current COVID-19 pandemic for both our beneficiaries and our staff. Smallholder coffee farmer families are specifically vulnerable in this situation. They lack access to information,...
Information materials on preventing the further spreading of the novel Coronavirus were produced in an early stage by HRNS and are available for download:
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After four years of intensive project work, The Alliance for Resilient Coffee (ARC), has proved that the global coffee supply chain can become climate-smart and families can be empowered to mitigate climate threats!! As the ARC consortium is phasing out end of September 2020, it is time for the next steps.
Read the full press release and access project results below!
ARC is funded by USAID - US Agency for International Development and is part of U.S. Government's Food Security Initiative, Feed the Future. It is comprised of World Coffee Research Root Capital Conservation International CIAT International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Sustainable Food Lab
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Climate-Smart Coffee is possible – The Alliance for Resilient Coffee has proved it. by Gabriela Tyggum | Sep 24, 2020 | Alliance for Resilient Coffee | 0 commentsDuring four years of intensive in-th...Mañana damos inicio a nuestro segundo foro participativo: Involucramiento del sector privado en políticas de cambio climático. Este foro es parte del diplomado: Hacia una caficultura climáticamente inteligente, en el marco del proyecto EUROCLIMA+ para el fortalecimiento de la Mesa de Café de la Región Trifinio. Tendremos como panelistas a: Coffee Planet Ecom coffee company Becamo Centro Universitario De Oriente_Cunori.
Para más información: mesacafetrifinio@gmail.com
Los esperamos!
Agradecemos el apoyo de: Asociación Nacional del Café Guatemala Ihcafe Instituto Hondureño del Café Plan Trifinio UTH Consejo Salvadoreño del Café.
Damos inicio al diplomado: Hacia una caficultura climáticamente inteligente, en el marco del proyecto EUROCLIMA+ para el fortalecimiento de la Mesa de Café de la Región Trifinio para la gestión e intercambio de conocimiento a nivel trinacional.
Para más información escribir a: mesacafetrifinio14@gmail.com
Agradecemos el apoyo de: Asociación Nacional del Café Guatemala Ihcafe Instituto Hondureño del Café Plan Trifinio UTH Consejo Salvadoreño del Café
HRNS Managing Director Michael Opitz shares his thoughts, how the coffee and sustainability sector together can start now to help smallholder coffee farmers to overcome COVID-19 long-term effects. Working with uncertainty demands a unified approach.
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For smallholder coffee farmer families, poverty and financial hardship were on the rise even before the pandemic started. And the situation now got worse in many places with COVID-19.Our United by Change webinar is now online! We had a great online session discussing how we can overcome the long-term effects of COVID-19 on smallholder farming families and the importance of making sure that livelihoods and resilience our at the center of our programming.
Watch the webinar recording and download additional resources here:
www.hrnstiftung.org/united-by-change/
Webinar: United by Change - Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung
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Webinar: United by Change by Gabriela Tyggum | Sep 5, 2020 | COVID-19 | 0 commentsView the recording! Watch Here Additional Resources:Read more about our key findings by downloading our two flyers her...It’s time to think about the future of our planet.
As part of the Bonn Challenge, our collaborative project together with the International Climate Initiative(IKI) “Restoring Degraded Coffee Landscapes”, is pleased to celebrate a first milestone year!
Our project aims to restore degraded landscapes and to develop relevant and scalable business models to improve the livelihoods of coffee farming families in Ethiopia.
Are you ready to #RestoreOurFuture?
Visit our project work here!
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As the Alliance for Resilient Coffee (ARC) project comes to an end in Uganda, we are taking the opportunity to share our results and outcomes from the four year project, together with our implementing partners International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).
Our collaborative research and tools have proved useful in improving the resilience of smallholder coffee farmers in Luwero to the impacts of climate change and increasing private sector engagement in climate-smart adaptation.
Thanks to USAID - US Agency for International Development for making this possible and funding the project.
Young coffee farmers 👨🌾 have the power to change the business. Just like Pak Feri from Indonesia🇮🇩: he experimented with different methods in coffee farming 🌱👍, increased quality and doubled his yield within four years. 💪
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An innovative young farmer with a passion from improving coffee cultivation by Adrian Bolliger | Feb 24, 2020 | Coffee, Farmer Organization, Indonesia, Processing | 0 comments Radiating with determina...Coffee Kids 2020 Summer Report is out!!Our 2020 Summer Update Is Out!
A new reality has emerged for young farmers since COVID-19. With your contributions however, the Coffee Kids team has continued to support program participants in Central America and Tanzania. Find out how the health crisis has impacted the lives and the small businesses of young farmers and how they’ve been able to bounce back in the first half of 2020!
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Our work goes beyond coffee production. The majority of smallholder farmers are struggling to make a living and the potentials of the young generation in coffee regions are not cared for. It is our goal to continue changing that. We support smallholder families to take a proactive role in shaping their lives in an informed and self-determines way so they can drive the prosperous development of their livelihoods for themselves and their communities.
Lets continue to empower farmers! Because Farmers Deserve Prosperity!
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How did you support farmers today? Our global team remains active and committed to smallholder farming families even if that means home office for some! We asked our colleagues to answer what they did during the day to help farmers during COVID19.
Gerson López, from our office in Central America, shares his response!
#TogetherforFarmers
How digital ready are coffee farming communities during COVID-19? Our survey results give you the answer! Smallholders have rated digital trainings as useful are ready for more!
Download and read our findings here:
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We invite you to take part in our third and last forum, part of our technical degree on sustainable coffee! Thank you to Feed the Future USAID - US Agency for International Development Alliance for Resilient Coffee and EUROCLIMA+ for making this possible!
¿Cómo ha sido la respuesta digital de familias de pequeños agricultores durante el COVID-19? Los resultados de nuestra encuesta dan la respuesta. ¡Los agricultores han calificado la formación digital como útil y están listos para más!
Descargue y lea nuestros hallazgos aquí:
www.hrnstiftung.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/La-respuesta-digital-de-familias-de-pequeños-agricultores-frente-al-COVID-19.pdf
COVID-19 shows smallholder families’ readiness for increased digital trainings! A survey conducted by our regional offices shows that smallholders are ready for digital trainings and want them. With additional investments, digital trainings can be further rolled out and remaining problems in accessing digital content can be tackled!
Read our findings here:
www.hrnstiftung.org/digital-readiness-of-smallholder-families-in-times-of-covid-19/
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COVID-19 shows smallholder families` readiness for increased digital trainings by Jesko Johannsen | Jul 22, 2020 | Brazil, COVID-19, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Tanzania, Trifinio Region, Uganda | 0 comments...How COVID-19 is impacting smallholder families in coffee regions in the long run: Our survey gives the answer. Download the summary flyer now.
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How has COVID-19 impacted your livelihood? We spoke to smallholder coffee farmers across our project regions to find out! Santos, from Guatemala, shares his response!
#TogetherforFarmers
¿Cómo ha sido la respuesta digital de familias de pequeños agricultores durante el COVID-19? Los resultados de nuestra encuesta dan la respuesta. ¡Los agricultores han calificado la formación digital como útil y están listos para más!
Descargue y lea nuestros hallazgos aquí:
www.hrnstiftung.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/La-respuesta-digital-de-familias-de-pequeños-agricultores-frente-al-COVID-19.pdf
COVID-19 shows smallholder families’ readiness for increased digital trainings! A survey conducted by our regional offices shows that smallholders are ready for digital trainings and want them. With additional investments, digital trainings can be further rolled out and remaining problems in accessing digital content can be tackled!
Read our findings here:
www.hrnstiftung.org/digital-readiness-of-smallholder-families-in-times-of-covid-19/
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COVID-19 shows smallholder families` readiness for increased digital trainings by Jesko Johannsen | Jul 22, 2020 | Brazil, COVID-19, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Tanzania, Trifinio Region, Uganda | 0 comments...
After four years of project work, The Alliance for Resilient Coffee, has proved that the global coffee supply chain can become climate-smart and families can be empowered to mitigate climate threats!!
Read the press release and access project results!!
https://www.hrnstiftung.org/arc-end-of-project/?fbclid=IwAR1EGHkf91OCotGVEaG49Fupo1EIRVK7y95Ycdp_9bkt8tUYCKBXD38lGHI
Our United by Change webinar is now online!
Watch the webinar recording and download additional resources here:
https://www.hrnstiftung.org/united-by-change/
#COVIDー19 #coronavirus #Sustainability #Online #webinar
#WorldWaterWeek2020 recognizing the correlation between water, agriculture and health. @TeamUpUG partners @action4hU @Whave_Solutions @HRNStiftung @SiemensStiftung @dsw_de @BMZ_Bund young people's livelihoods are reliant on creating linkages between key sectors to improve lives
4How has #COVID19 impacted your livelihood? We spoke to smallholder #coffee #farmers across our project regions to find out! Santos, from #Guatemala, shares his response!
#TogetherforFarmers
COVID-19 Making Existing Matters Worse for Smallholder Farmers, HRNS Study Finds https://dailycoffeenews.com/2020/07/29/covid-19-making-existing-matters-worse-for-smallholder-farmers-hrns-study-finds/
Economically empowering young people is key 2 @TeamUpUG partners @action4hU @HRNStiftung @Whave_Solutions @SiemensStiftung @dsw_intl .@BMZ_Bund who supported Mission Youth Group's income generating activities by procuring over 14.000 masks from them 4 youth in Mityana @UgCovid19.
4How digital ready are coffee farming communities during #COVID19 ? Our survey results give you the answer! Smallholders have rated digital trainings as useful are ready for more!
Download and read our findings here:
https://www.hrnstiftung.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Digital-Readiness-of-coffee-farmer-families-under-COVID-19.pdf
.@HRNStiftung warns of #COVID19 long-term effects for smallholder families in coffee regions. A survey conducted by our regional offices shows that more investments are needed to secure the livelihood situation of smallholders. #coronavirus #sustainability https://www.hrnstiftung.org/hrns-warns-of-covid-19-long-term-effects-for-smallholder-families-in-coffee-regions/
How has #COVID19 impacted farmer's livelihoods? We asked coffee farmers across our project regions to find out! Ademe from #Ethiopia shares his response!
#Togetherforfarmers
Young coffee farmers 👨🌾 have the power to change the business. Just like Pak Feri from Indonesia🇮🇩: he experimented with different methods in coffee farming 🌱👍, increased quality and doubled his yield within four years. 💪
https://www.hrnstiftung.org/an-innovative-young-farmer-with-a-passion-from-improving-coffee-cultivation/
How did you support farmers today? Our global team remains committed to smallholder farming families even if that means home office for some!
Javier Rivas, from our office in Central America, shares his response!
#TogetherforFarmers
#COVID19 poses a serious threat to household development plans, food security, business and income.
How has COVID-19 impacted farmer's livelihoods? We asked farmers across our project regions to find out! Ivan from #Uganda, shares his response!
#Togetherforfarmers
We need to increase our analytical view on #COVID__19 crisis. Short-term effects distract from long-term needs of smallholder coffee families. @HRNStiftung conducted a survey about impact of COVID-19 in coffee farmer communities to find out about that. https://www.hrnstiftung.org/hrns-warns-of-covid-19-long-term-effects-for-smallholder-families-in-coffee-regions/
