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6-7 min readWhy coffee breaks the rule of the resource curse
The idea that natural resources create conflict is well known. Economists call it the resource curse - when commodities like oil or diamonds fuel corruption, inequality, and violence instead of...
Why coffee breaks the rule of the resource curse
The idea that natural resources create conflict is well known. Economists call it the resource curse - when commodities like oil or diamonds fuel corruption, inequality, and violence instead of...
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6-7 min readHow genocide broke Rwanda’s backbone crop
Coffee is part of Rwanda’s national story. By the late twentieth century it was the country’s main source of foreign exchange and the cash income for hundreds of thousands of smallholders....
How genocide broke Rwanda’s backbone crop
Coffee is part of Rwanda’s national story. By the late twentieth century it was the country’s main source of foreign exchange and the cash income for hundreds of thousands of smallholders....
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6-7 min readSeptember Unfiltered - A few pricing tweaks, a...
Welcome to this month’s Unfiltered. The biggest focus this month has been pricing. Not the most exciting topic, I know - but a really important one. At the heart of it...
September Unfiltered - A few pricing tweaks, a...
Welcome to this month’s Unfiltered. The biggest focus this month has been pricing. Not the most exciting topic, I know - but a really important one. At the heart of it...
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4 min readCongo’s conflict and coffee: a fragile future
The Democratic Republic of Congo is more often associated with conflict than coffee. Yet the country’s conditions for Arabica and Robusta are remarkable. In the 1980s, coffee was second only to copper as the...
Congo’s conflict and coffee: a fragile future
The Democratic Republic of Congo is more often associated with conflict than coffee. Yet the country’s conditions for Arabica and Robusta are remarkable. In the 1980s, coffee was second only to copper as the...
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6-7 min read
Why coffee breaks the rule of the resource curse
The idea that natural resources create conflict is well known. Economists call it the resource curse - when commodities like oil or diamonds fuel corruption, inequality, and violence instead of...
Why coffee breaks the rule of the resource curse
The idea that natural resources create conflict is well known. Economists call it the resource curse - when commodities like oil or diamonds fuel corruption, inequality, and violence instead of...
6-7 min read
How genocide broke Rwanda’s backbone crop
Coffee is part of Rwanda’s national story. By the late twentieth century it was the country’s main source of foreign exchange and the cash income for hundreds of thousands of smallholders....
How genocide broke Rwanda’s backbone crop
Coffee is part of Rwanda’s national story. By the late twentieth century it was the country’s main source of foreign exchange and the cash income for hundreds of thousands of smallholders....
6-7 min read
September Unfiltered - A few pricing tweaks, a...
Welcome to this month’s Unfiltered. The biggest focus this month has been pricing. Not the most exciting topic, I know - but a really important one. At the heart of it...
September Unfiltered - A few pricing tweaks, a...
Welcome to this month’s Unfiltered. The biggest focus this month has been pricing. Not the most exciting topic, I know - but a really important one. At the heart of it...
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Congo’s conflict and coffee: a fragile future
The Democratic Republic of Congo is more often associated with conflict than coffee. Yet the country’s conditions for Arabica and Robusta are remarkable. In the 1980s, coffee was second only to copper as the...
Congo’s conflict and coffee: a fragile future
The Democratic Republic of Congo is more often associated with conflict than coffee. Yet the country’s conditions for Arabica and Robusta are remarkable. In the 1980s, coffee was second only to copper as the...
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Excelsa: coffee’s overlooked alternative
A changing landscape Speciality coffee has been built around Arabica, but the cracks are showing. Climate change is pushing temperatures higher, rainfall is less predictable, and pests and diseases are...
Excelsa: coffee’s overlooked alternative
A changing landscape Speciality coffee has been built around Arabica, but the cracks are showing. Climate change is pushing temperatures higher, rainfall is less predictable, and pests and diseases are...
4 min read
Financing coffee’s future: why access to credit...
Innovation in coffee is often talked about in terms of processing or varietals, but behind every experiment lies a more fundamental question: can producers afford to take the risk? For...
Financing coffee’s future: why access to credit...
Innovation in coffee is often talked about in terms of processing or varietals, but behind every experiment lies a more fundamental question: can producers afford to take the risk? For...
