Largest global coffee initiative to cope with climate variability
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 07:51
in Earth & Climate
With an investment of 25 million euros the Colombian coffee sector should become climate proof to ensure more than half a million coffee farmers to cope with or fight the impact of lack or excess of water in 25 Colombian river basins. The programme 'Manos al Agua' ('hands on water') generates solutions to avoid annual losses of up to 30% of crops, affecting farmers' income and livelihood. On Friday May 27th the private-public initiative presented their mid-term results in The Hague, Netherlands.