Indian coffee plantations are characterized by small land holdings and a majority of coffee farmers own less than ten hectares of land. In such a situation, the farmer needs to constantly innovate to maintain the sustainability of the farm. The coffee farmer finds an opportunity to utilize farm organic wastes and residues commonly found within […]

“Coffee is a lot more than what we drink.” For decades international development and aid agencies, sometimes with the support of the World Bank, have striven to assist farmers in developing countries to increase their food productivity, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. In coffee producing countries this has been particularly true, often resulting from […]