Coffee was declared the national drink of the then colonized United States by the Continental Congress, in protest of the excessive tax on tea levied by the British crown. Today, coffee is a global industry employing more than 20 million people. It ranks second to petroleum in terms of worldwide trade. With over 400 billion cups consumed every year, coffee is the world's most popular beverage. …
The year 2020 has long captivated the coffee sector’s imagination as the culmination of the sustainability transformation process set in motion after the 2002 coffee crisis. Over the past decades, development of sustainability solutions has been picking up pace and is rapidly expanding in numbers, scope and global presence. In general, it seems the constraints and potential solutions are know…
According to an industry study for a sustainable coffee program released in March 2014, Indonesia’s coffee production is supplied by 1.5 million smallholder groups with an average land holding of less than 1 ha per smallholder. Even so, it is estimated that only half a million of these coffee smallholders actively work on their plantations for commercial purposes. More than 60% of robusta cof…