Sentences with phrase «scale coffee farmers»
Oxfam says «Despite prices rising since 2001, many small - scale coffee farmers and their families still can not earn a decent income, not to mention afford basic expenses such as food, healthcare and education.»
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Since 1990, Organic Products Trading Company has been working directly with small - scale farmers around the world to source high quality green specialty coffee.
I am currently working with small scale farmers in the Ecuadorian highlands and we have recently become interested in the idea of growing shade - grown coffee as a way of sustaining the local growers and preserving some of the native forests in the region.
Most small - scale family farmers live in remote locations and lack access to credit, so they are vulnerable to middlemen who offer cash for their coffee at a fraction of its value.
Vega Coffee works with small - scale Nicaraguan farmers, giving them the tools and training to roast and package their coffee, which allows them to earn up to four times more per Coffee works with small - scale Nicaraguan farmers, giving them the tools and training to roast and package their coffee, which allows them to earn up to four times more per coffee, which allows them to earn up to four times more per pound.
A combination café and roaster, the beans used in the excellent coffee here are sustainably sourced from small - scale hill tribe farmers north of Luang Prabang.
Starting out with pilot projects in Mexico, Peru and Kenya, the initiative is looking to scale up its work — both with coffee and tea farmers in other regions — and also across the broader agricultural sector.
The app reached 600 Guatemalan smallholder coffee farmers in the pilot stage, and has already scaled up to 29 countries globally (and growing!)
Together with partner organizations and the Peruvian government, we're tackling key drivers of deforestation in the Amazon — supply chains built around coffee, cocoa, and oil palm — by implementing a «Production - Protection Compact» that simultaneously protects forests and benefits small - scale farmers.