Guaranteeing credit to coffee farmers in Ethiopia and Rwanda
At a time when the coffee sector is faced with many challenges, ranging from low productivity, high production costs, to the threat of climate change, it is crucial to remember those most affected. Approximately 25 million small scale coffee farmers and their families produce 70% of the world’s coffee and it is they who bear…
Improving crop yield: Looking to the sources and sinks
This week I had the pleasure of heading down to the south coast to attend the Society for Experimental Biology’s main meeting in Brighton. The flagship meeting attracts an international audience covering topics across the animal and plant sciences and also cell biology. For me, the main focus was to attend a plant biology…
Climate change to cause more diet related deaths
A young man in drought conditions in Ethiopia (Author: USAID African Bureau) We are all told to improve our diet; increasing our fruit and vegetable consumption and reducing our red meat intake. But a new study, ‘Global and regional health effects of future food production under climate change; a modelling study,’ published in The Lancet…
The farmers behind your coffee: what challenges do they face?
1 October 2015 is the very first International Coffee Day. Today, I’ll be swapping my usual cup of tea for coffee and encouraging colleagues to do the same. Many of us can’t start the morning without a coffee. But as you’re drinking your first cup, spare a thought for where this important commodity crop comes…
Stakeholders recommend solution to challenges in Ghana’s citrus industry
CABI recently attanded a workshop to avert the total collapse of the citrus industry in Ghana. Along with other organizations, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture is looking for CABI to create innovation platforms to help improve the country's citrus industry. Stakeholders are most concerned about 'angular leaf spot' disease on which CABI has been asked to create guides.
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