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Biogas: A Reliable Cooking Solution Tackling Climate Change
In rural Tanzania, over 70% of the population are estimated to lack access to electricity. As a result, firewood, charcoal, and kerosene remain the primary sources of energy for cooking and lighting. This heavy reliance on firewood has placed immense pressure on the...

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...

From Agroforestry to Climate-Smart Coffee Regions: Our Roadmap for 2024-2028
With the start of 2024, we have transitioned into a new program phase. Within the next five years, we are planning to extend our focus from the farm and community to the landscape level in climate-smart coffee growing, to implement sustainable land-use systems such as...