Muddy Boots

There are estimates that the yearly increase of coffee land reaches about 100,000 ha pointing towards a critical issue: Deforestation. Michael Opitz, Managing Director of Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) comments: “At HRNS we are viewing trees as important elements in our programming efforts.” However, this does not stop at combating deforestation but includes “developing sound cooperation formats with farmers, qualified organizations and authorities to promote forests and agroforestry systems as components in sustainable coffee landscapes”. Supporting reforestation and aiding the compensating of smallholder families for ecological services (e.g. connecting them to the carbon market) complement the HRNS project portfolio. ...

Multi-stakeholder partnerships in development cooperation need to square the circle: How to be successful and effective in combining expertise and professionalism of different organizations into one program. ...