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A new guide highlights how Kenya and other coffee-producing countries in Africa and beyond can access significant new funding to boost their coffee sectors in the face of heightening challenges threatening the viability of the sector, chiefly among them climate change.
The guide published by the International Coffee Organization (ICO) and the Sustainable Coffee Challenge (SCC) initiative highlights the new funding opportunities available at the Global Environment Facility (GEF), an international financial mechanism established to help tackle the most pressing environmental challenges facing the globe.
In its latest funding cycle (2018-2022) that started in July this year, GEF has included coffee on the list of commodities eligible for funding to help boost production and quality of the commodity in the face of a less favourable climate while avoiding environmental degradation.
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Global coffee production faces deep sustainability issues. International coffee prices have been extremely low in recent years, putting the livelihoods of producers under severe and constant pressure. Farm revenues decreased while costs for inputs and expenditures for food and non-food items are on the rise. As a result, many coffee farmers around the world are unable to even meet their costs of production.
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Date: 27 May 2021