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 …
The government has attached high priority to the plantation of organic coffee, minister of state for commerce Jayaram Ramesh said in Parliament yesterday. Regions in the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh and adjoining Koraput district of Orissa have great potential for producing organic coffee, the minister said while replying to …
An assessment of land quality was carried out for coffee growing areas of Karnataka using satellite image, toposheets and soil studies. The investigation focused on monitoring soil processes that control the land quality using satellite data in order to identify the land qualities of coffee growing areas using satellite imageries, …
you see a lot of butterflies hovering around coffee plantations. The reason is the plantations have scattered stands of trees for shade. And a change in ecology can affect their numbers. Over the past five years, the native trees in the coffee plantations at Chikmagalur in Karnataka have been replaced …
Place-specific cultural institutions regulate the relationship between coffee planters and the natural world in the Kodagu district of the Western Ghats, a global biodiversity hotspot in South India. Many planters have retained native trees for shade on their plantations, such that these cultivated areas, together with formal protected areas and …
The Commodity Market Review, a biennial publication of the FAO trade and markets division, examines in depth issues relating to agricultural commodity market developments that are deemed by FAO as current and crucial for FAO's member countries. This biennial CMR is devoted to exploring in depth a variety of issues …
albert einstein is said to have said: "If the honeybee becomes extinct, mankind will follow within four years.' The physicist wasn't entirely off the mark
A geographical indication (GI) is a form of protection highlighted in the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It protects intangible economic assets such as the quality and reputation of a product through market differentiation. It is considered a promising tool …
Eye for the rare Slender loris, a nocturnal primate with huge eyes, is endemic to Sri Lanka and is one of the rarest and weirdest animals, which will be the focus of an ambitious conservation project
From now on, McDonald's-uk will be sourcing its coffee beans from farms certified by the New York-based global non-profit Rainforest Alliance. Starting January 10, 2007, all McDonald restaurants in the uk and Ireland have started selling exclusively Kenco coffee
Economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services is possibly the most powerful tool for halting the loss of biodiversity while maintaining incomes and livelihoods. Yet rarely have such approaches been applied to tropical forest "hotspots", which house the vast majority of the planet's plant and animal species. This groundbreaking work …
the district administration of Chickmagalur district, Karnataka, is set to initiate an eviction drive to free the land encroached by coffee growers. By March 31, 2006, it will reclaim 23 hactares (ha) of the 6,700 ha of government and forest land encroached by coffee growers in the Sargado reserve forest …
farm sops Special Safeguard Mechanism: Gives flexibility to some countries, including India, to impose additional customs duties on imported agricultural products to protect domestic market Special products: Allows countries to keep products crucial for livelihoods of many people, like coffee and vanilla for India, from import tariff reduction industrial edge …
Nestle has launched N escafe Partners' Blend, a new coffee carrying the F airtrade mark. The "Partners Blend' soluble instant coffee is the first such Nestle product made from coffee grown by smallholders in El Salvador and Ethiopia. This is a shift in Nestle's policy, which previously was against paying …
India's heritage of natural habitats and wild species is under growing threat from its biomass-dependent rural peoples and its consumeristic urban economy. As the mainstay of its wildlife conservation effort, then, India's wildlife reserves continue to face a range of extractive uses. The Indian conservation/development discourse has, however, drawn a …
industry leaders from the troubled coffee sector are close to finalising the "Common Code for the Coffee Community', an initiative aimed at promoting sustainability in coffee trade. A draft code was released on September 10, 2004, and finalisations would be made by 2004 end. Although the code doesn't directly address …
It's hard to tell who was the first in the village to really strike upon the business idea. But very soon everyone in Hangala was part of it. The sleepy and dry village at the periphery of Bandipur National Park, Karnataka, had in a mere two year's time, transformed itself …
It was on the trail of this seemingly trivial question that the unlikely links between coffee cultivation in Kodagu, bad weather in Brazil and wildlife conservation in Bandipur began to unfold. It was not meat, not milk, not even the muscle-power of cattle. It was their humble leavings
scientists in Brazil have decoded the complete genome of coffee, throwing open the possibilities to improve the quality and productivity of the popular tropical bean. Brazil accounts for one-third of the world's coffee production. The genome was sequenced during a two-year-long project jointly carried out by Brazil's agricultural research agency …
a new timber tax has hit the coffee growers of Karnataka's Coorg district. Faced with a sharp drop in coffee prices since 1999, they depend on timber felling, mainly of the silver oak tree. It is now feared that the new tax would make them resort to increased felling, harming …
