Nicaragua: Coffee farmers brew fresh plans after hurricanes wreck harvests
ANNA-CATHERINE BRIGIDA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the challenges coffee farmers in Nicaragua are facing thanks to rising temperatures – and two hurricanes which impacted the country late last year…
Major Thai coffee brand vows to repay 200 debt-ridden farmers
Chiang Rai, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation A major Thai coffee brand has vowed to repay about 200 farmers who were forced to take out loans while waiting nearly three years for payment, leaving them with spiralling debts. Doi Chaang Coffee – which has more than 50 franchises in South-East Asia – said it would pay about […]
Falling coffee prices mean falling forests – US coffee czar
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Plunging coffee prices may be pressuring farmers to carve out land in rainforests for survival, the head of the US coffee trade body said, urging more help for growers to cope. Their behaviour was even more concerning because felling forests would accelerate climate change and could amplify the volatility […]