The best-quality coffee, most traders agree, comes from delicate, sun-intolerant Arabica plants, which tend to be grown on small farms. Here in Nicaragua, arabica is grown in rain forests more ...

He blames the five main roasters which, according to Oxfam, buy half the world’s coffee. “They buy it cheap and sell it at high prices,” he said. “How can countries like Nicaragua compete?” ...

coffee growers must at times choose between high-yield hybrids or eco-friendly organic farming, weighing sustainability ...

In India, where 98 per cent of coffee farms are smallholder-run, price volatility is a major challenge. Most producers who grow Canephoras (Robusta), often sell it into bulk supply chains with ...

SMALL FAMILY FARMS MAKE AMERICAN-GROWN ROASTED COFFEE THE WORLD'S BEST BREW The father-daughter duo launched Big Guns Coffee in 2021, which today sells a range of coffee blends, soaps and candles.

he gets all of his coffee beans from his parents coffee farm in Guatemala. We really try to help with sustainability efforts at the farm doing nutrition programs for the kids of the farmers who ...

HOLY Week processions have been banned in Nicaragua for a second year, as repression of the Roman Catholic Church by the government intensifies. Limited services are permitted indoors, but the ...

The beginnings were small: 100 kilograms of coffee bought from four different farms. “Now, of course, that number has grown multifold, and we now work with around 650 farms (mainly in Palani ...

Today, Gichoya is armed with a pruning shears, gumboots, a jembe and other essential farm tools, and has embraced coffee growing.

Coffee farmers from Negros Occidental province have topped the 2025 Western Visayas Regional Coffee Quality Competition organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), with Rogelio Claridad ...