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Motivating young people to become coffee producers

It’s International Youth Day so why not take a moment to think about the young farmer who produced your morning cup of coffee? In particular we should consider the future of coffee if the current trend of young people abandoning life in the countryside for office jobs in the city continues. The city is calling The COSA works ...

Sustainable supply chains: A private and public affair

The so-called landscapes approach, the unifying theme of the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum in Paris, appears to encompass every conceivable environmental and agricultural activity. The approach attempts to bring together, “multiple land uses in an integrated manner, considering both the natural environment and the human systems that depend on it.” Central to the approach is the ...