We have just launched the new “c&c toolbox” webapp – a digital platform to access top-notch climate-smart practices worldwide. It provides approved practices, so-called “tools”, in the form of easy-to-use step-by-step instructions. An additional dedicated trainer section offers instruments and materials for extensionists to holistically support farmers in achieving climate-smart coffee production.
Learn all about the c&c toolbox in our Launch Webinar:
“Climate-Smart Coffee Cultivation in your Pocket”
why is climate change a problem?
The initiative for coffee&climate (c&c) addresses an urgent topic in coffee production:
Climate change is affecting smallholder coffee farming families and the future of our morning cup of coffee. c&c develops and implements climate change coping strategies to support smallholders to adapt to climate change and to increase the climate resilience of entire coffee landscapes. It is a program of public and private partners supporting the coffee sector by generating practical and location specific solutions in a participatory approach. Coffee production needs to get climate smart – now.
climate risk
Rising temperatures, erratic and extreme rainfall, greenhouse gasses, people abandoning their coffee farms, loss of important coffee origins – climate change is more than just a problem, it is putting at risk the future of the entire coffee sector.
climate impacts
The impacts are a reality for the world’s 12.4 million smallholder coffee farming families. For most, coffee is their main or only source of income, and entire regions depend upon the viability of coffee as a cash crop. Changing weather patterns including prolonged dry spells, water shortage, hailstorms and changes in seasons have a strong impact on coffee production, especially as most of the smallholder families depend on rainfed agriculture.
start acting
As part of coffee&climate, the coffee industry can act to secure smallholder families’ livelihoods and the cup of morning coffee!
latest blog posts
A Toolbox to Make Global Coffee Production More Climate Resilient
Climate change impacts, such as prolonged droughts, heavier rains, more pests and diseases, and lower yields threaten coffee production worldwide. Smallholder coffee farmers around the globe, who cover 80% of global production, are facing unprecedented challenges. In...
Participation is Key: Overcoming Hurdles to Effective Climate Action
There are lots of stumbling blocks on the way to effective climate action, but many can be avoided through participation, the inclusion of women and equal rights, and farmer empowerment through digital tools. Central to overcoming these challenges is a...
Climate-Smart Coffee Production through Agroforestry, Circular Economy, and Youth Engagement
Smallholder farmers constitute by far the largest group of actors in the coffee sector. To make coffee production climate-smart it is crucial to understand the real needs of those millions of men and women, who produce roughly 80 percent of the world's coffee. The...
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