This practice note examines how climate change is threatening coffee-growing regions in Costa Rica, specifically the Coto Brus region. By 2050, absent adaptation measures, experts project that climate change will reduce the global areas suitable for growing coffee by about 50% (Bunn et al. 2015). The case study outlines key …
Coffee lovers may find it harder to get their favourite caffeine fix in a few years' time, as global warming could cut coffee growing areas in Latin America by as much as 88 percent by 2050, scientists said on Monday. Latin America is the world's largest coffee-producing region. Coffee growing …
Global warming is affecting the lives of an estimated 15 million Ethiopian farmers, who heavily rely on the coffee industry for their livelihood. Ethiopia is Africa's largest coffee producer and ranks fifth globally, but dry spells are having a direct effect on production. "The amount of coffee we can produce …
Efforts to revive Kenya’s coffee sub-sector are facing a new challenge: Climate change. As the government tries to revamp the sub-sector by writing off farmers’ debts and exploring new markets, researchers say that most coffee growing zones in central Kenya, particularly Kiambu and Murang’a, are no longer suitable for the …
ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is set to increase coffee production from 80,000 tonnes this year to 100,000 tonnes by 2021, an official from the country’s coffee board said Friday. Primus Kimario, Acting Director General, Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) revealed this when speaking at the stakeholders meeting held here, saying …
Gitari Ndambiri shows the devastating effect of the thrips insect on his crop in Kiamichiri village in Kirinyaga County. [photo by Munene Kamau, Standard] Kenya’s coffee output could be adversely affected following an outbreak of thrips in one of the most productive parts of Central Kenya. Thrips are small insects …
Climate plays important role in production of coffee. Adequate quantum and timely receipt of blossom rainfall for flowering and subsequent backing showers influence the berry set and yield of coffee. Harvesting of Arabica coffee in Kerala State with humid tropical climate in India is done by December-January and harvesting of …
Due to gender-specific roles and responsibilities, men and women face varying challenges and opportunities to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts. It is particularly important to take into account the ways that men and women engage with tree resources in order to develop both equitable and effective interventions and …
Climate change will have serious repercussions for agriculture, ecosystems, and farmer livelihoods in Central America. Smallholder farmers are particularly vulnerable due to their reliance on agriculture and ecosystem services for their livelihoods. There is an urgent need to develop national and local adaptation responses to reduce these impacts, yet evidence …
Fears that climate change is triggering a coffee killing fungus which could wipe out plantations are unfounded, a new study suggests. Last month a report by The Climate Institute warned that an increase in wet and warm conditions was driving the spread of coffee leaf rust which attacks crops, causing …
At a time when man-animal conflict has become the order of the day, hike in relief towards the cases of crop loss and injuries to people has finally brought smile on the faces of coffee planters and farmers alike in Kodagu. After seven year-long wait, the state government has issued …
A report examining the many ways climate change threatens coffee and coffee farmers has alarmed people who are now imagining what it would be like getting through the day without their caffeine fix. The report, released this month by the Climate Institute, a nonprofit organization in Australia, was commissioned by …
The sun may be setting on a popular morning brew. According to a new report issued by the Climate Institute, global warming will underpin an estimated 50 percent drop in coffee production by 2050. Bad news for coffee lovers, but catastrophic for the 120 million people in dozens of mostly …
Coffee could become extinct if global warming continues on its current trajectory, according to a report by The Climate Institute. By 2050, researchers said, the amount of suitable coffee farmland is expected to have halved due to rising temperatures, pests and fungi. Wild coffee is expected to be wiped from …
More than 120 million of the world’s poorest depend on the coffee economy, a report says, and their livelihoods are already suffering from temperature rises Climate change is going to halve the area suitable for coffee production and impact the livelihoods of more than 120 million of the world’s poorest …
Climate change is already putting production and cost pressures on the supply of coffee in significant parts of the world’s ‘bean belt’ of coffee producing countries. Increasing temperatures and extreme weather events will cut the area suitable for production by up to 50 per cent, erode coffee quality and increase …
SAN SALVADOR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmer Abelardo Ayala took a tough decision on his estate in San Juan Tepezontes, a traditional coffee-producing region of El Salvador: to swap his coffee trees for cocoa as a warming climate hit his crop. Ayala said his plantation - situated between 600 and …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chenai) in the matter of CCL Products (India) Limited Vs Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board dated 16/08/2016 regarding pollution caused by CCL Products located in Duggirala, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, manufacturer of instant coffee and which comes under the “Orange Category” of …
Two years after devastating floods, banana planters in Ivory Coast have staged a comeback, eyeing an increase in production and new markets for the popular fruit. The west African country, which has grown bananas for more than 50 years, was annually exporting almost 300,000 tonnes of fruit before disaster struck. …
Drinking hot beverages at temperatures of 65C or above probably causes cancer, a UN agency has warned. The International Agency for the Research on Cancer (IARC) said hot drinks are "probably carcinogenic" to humans. This means that there is limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans as well as sufficient evidence …
UN Agency Downgrades Cancer Risk Of Beverage, Says May Lower Danger At `Normal Temp' Next time when you pick up your cup of coffee or tea, watch out for the temperature. Drinking very hot beverages can cause cancer of the oesophagus, the cancer research agency of the World Health Organisation …
