The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo by Susan Heller Evenson.
Hours before Myanmar’s new parliament was set to begin session on Monday, Feb. 1, Myanmar’s armed forces known as the Tatmadaw staged a coup d’état.
State Counsellor and de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint, and other elected members and high-ranking officials of the National League for Democracy (NLD) whose party had captured 83% (396 out of 476) of available parliamentary seats in the November 2020 election were deposed and detained.
Citing electoral fraud, the Tatmadaw and its leader Min Aung Hlaing declared a one-year state of emergency, promised elections in a year’s time, and accused Aung San Suu Kyi of an obscure violation while keeping her under house arrest. On February 2, the military regime formed a military junta to rule the country, christening it the State Administrative Council (SAC).
Andrea M. Johnson, front row far left, with a group in Jamaica. Courtesy photo.
An International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) national chapter since April 2019, Jamaican Women in Coffee (JAWiC) is working to assist and uplift Jamaican women coffee producers through education and resources.
The organization, an IWCA project partner, recently published its Field Survey Initiative: Pilot Project Report 2020, which summarizes the challenges and opportunities for women in coffee in Jamaica.
Along with its Field Survey Initiative, JAWiC has undertaken a multi-year project with the Coffee Quality Institute CQI called Higher Ground, focused on supporting sustainable farming practices, coffee quality improvements, business and marketing skills, and leadership capacity building.
FEATURE: Growers along Tainan’s ‘Coffee Road’ want to put local brew on national map
Staff writer, with CNA
While many people might know Tainan as Taiwan’s oldest city and its capital for more than 200 years, they might not know that the southern municipality also grows coffee plants. Tainan is now hoping to promote not only its rich history, but also coffee made from the beans grown in Dongshan District (東山).
In 1884, the British brought coffee plants to Taiwan, and what was then considered an exotic agricultural product was first cultivated in New Taipei City’s Sansia District (三峽) in northern Taiwan, the Dongshan Farmers’ Association said.
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