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Climate Change and the Coffee Industry
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Paper focusing on the effect of climate change on global coffee production, with particular reference to small coffee producers in developing and least developed countries - highlights the possible effects of climate change on quality, yield, pests and diseases, and irrigation; considers potential areas of intervention, and looks at short-term solutions and long-term strategies to make coffee producers better prepared; discusses the issue of carbon credits, and provides examples of individual initiatives to reduce product carbon footprint; lists ongoing initiatives and information sources that may assist coffee growers.
Contacts:
Alexander Kasterine
Senior Adviser on Trade, Climate change and Environment
kasterine@intracen.org
Morten Scholer
Senior Adviser on Trade of Coffee
scholer@intracen.org
Hein Jan van Hilten
Chief moderator of ITC’s Coffee Guide
www.thecoffeeguide.org
coffeeguide@sco.eastcoast.co.za
