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Kona coffee farmers push for law requiring package labels to...

Kona coffee growers want Hawaii’s labeling law modified to provide more details on packages of coffee blends that contain Hawaii-grown beans. Currently, coffee blends sold in the state that contain Hawaii-grown coffee must disclo [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Burundi Coffee Farmers to Withhold Crop, Seek Station Contro...

Burundi’s coffee growers threatened to stop selling produce unless they are granted a controlling stake in the East African nation’s washing stations, said Joseph Ntirampeba, president of the farmers’ association. The c [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Small coffee farmers hoping for a wake-up call at climate ta...

IN A COUNTRY where political and economic stability have been difficult to sustain, one thing the Ugandan farmer Ngambe Ehab could usually rely on was his region’s annual weather patterns. Consistent temperatures and rainfall e [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Philippine farmers cash in on civet coffee dung

LIPA, Philippines — Philippine farmers used to hunt and kill the civets that ate their coffee beans -- until they realised the animals' droppings were worth a small fortune. Now the ravenous nocturnal raider with the pungent fae [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Farmers raise coffee quality in bid to boost their incomes

Small-scale coffee farmers are expected to earn premium prices in world markets with the support of a Netherlands NGO. Solidaridad has offered to work with farmers to implement quality requirements for the produce under the Utz and Fair T [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Farmers brew plan to make more from coffee beans

Uganda is Africa's second-largest coffee producer, but some of its farmers say they are getting a raw deal when it comes to profiting from their beans. Hassan Kakooza has been a coffee farmer for 16 years. "Ugandan farmers, we ar [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Costa Rica's coffee farmers find another way to grind out a ...

Costa Rica has long been synonymous with a cup of rich coffee, but as the production and the export of the black-gold crop fall, farmers are turning to tourism to boost funds. At El Trapiche family farm in Monteverde, in the mou [...]

Posted On : Dec, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Coffee farmers get market boost

The ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Co-operatives has allowed coffee growers to sell their crop at international auctions. The deputy minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Co-operatives, Dr Mathayo David, told the Nation [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Kenya coffee farmers get international

Lucy Murumba the Chief Executive Officer of the new organisation that is owned by cooperative societies and unions said on Sunday that the coffee marketing initiative would help to ensure good returns to their members and also raise the cou [...]