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A community takes care of its own water supply
The community of Idugumbi in rural Mbeya, Tanzania had faced the challenges of declining coffee yields due to the growing scarcity of water for a long time. The only available water source that was shared by 4 villages: Idugumbi, Ihombe, Iwala and Utengule, was not...
Sunflowers as Climate-Smart Agricultural Practice
Lee este blog en español. coffee&climate agronomist Karina Orellana is holding a bouquet of sunflowers in her hand. Together with her colleague Previn Valdivieso she is visiting Joel Espinoza. Joel is a coffee farmer from Copán, Honduras. “I haven’t been part of a...
Putting a focus on gender inclusion and climate change in coffee production
European coffee companies, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung take much needed action. Through its gender component the initiative for coffee&climate drives change for women and climate change in coffee...
Planting trees for a more climate-friendly 2019
Usa River, Tanzania – December 19th - 2018 has been an exciting and important year for the initiative for coffee&climate. Our fieldwork continued and expanded, in Central America our networks with partners as Promecafe grew, we increased the south-south exchange...
Climate Smart Innovation in Swahili
Usa River, Tanzania - December 12th, 2018 - Ubunifu is the Swahili word for creativity. And not only in Tanzania one needs a little bit of Ubunifu in order to be successful and make a difference in protecting the climate. The Mbokomu Youth Group in the Kilimanjaro...