by Sarah Kenyi | Jul 14, 2020 | Coffee agronomy trainings, COVID-19, Farmer Organization, 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),... 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 18, 2020 | Coffee, COVID-19, Ethiopia
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,... by Gabriela Tyggum | Jun 11, 2020 | Brazil, COVID-19
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.... 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...
