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7 min readWhy F1 hybrids might define the future of coffee
Why coffee needs new genetics Coffee’s gene pool is worryingly narrow. Studies suggest that almost all Coffea arabica plants today trace back to a single ancestor that evolved around 10–20,000...
Why F1 hybrids might define the future of coffee
Why coffee needs new genetics Coffee’s gene pool is worryingly narrow. Studies suggest that almost all Coffea arabica plants today trace back to a single ancestor that evolved around 10–20,000...
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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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7 min read
Why F1 hybrids might define the future of coffee
Why coffee needs new genetics Coffee’s gene pool is worryingly narrow. Studies suggest that almost all Coffea arabica plants today trace back to a single ancestor that evolved around 10–20,000...
Why F1 hybrids might define the future of coffee
Why coffee needs new genetics Coffee’s gene pool is worryingly narrow. Studies suggest that almost all Coffea arabica plants today trace back to a single ancestor that evolved around 10–20,000...
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...
