As Climate Changes, Colombia’s Small Coffee Farmers Pay the Price
Hundreds of Colombia’s small coffee growers have stopped cultivating the bean in the face of low prices and reduced harvests linked to a shifting climate.
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July 11, 2019
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Towards a Sustainable Banana Supply Chain in Colombia
This evaluation study, conducted by the Wageningen Economic Research and commissioned by the Rainforest Alliance, compared certified banana farms to similar non-certified farms in the region of Magdalena, one of Colombia’s main banana producing regions. The research found that wages and working conditions on certified farms are slightly better, that certified farms take more safety […]
Project Profile: Net-Zero Deforestation Zones
Reducing deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing forest carbon stocks in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia... Continue Reading
Unlocking Investment for Landscape Restoration at Scale in the Amazon
The Business Case and Investment Opportunities for the Public and Private Sectors to Restore Degraded Ranching Lands In Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and across the Amazon, there is a growing trend to restore degraded lands to productive uses as part of the agendas for national economic development and climate change mitigation.
Impact Evaluation of UTZ Certified Coffee Program in Colombia
The main aim of this study is to understand the outcomes of UTZ certification in Colombia in relation to the objectives of the program as described in the UTZ Evaluation framework, the Theory of Change and the key UTZ program indicators. It focuses on the performance of UTZ Certified coffee farmers during the harvest seasons […]
Sustainability Certification Dramatically Improves Smallholder Farms’ Access to Credit
Smallholder farmers suffer from a lack of credit access, but sustainability certification can help change that, according to a new study published by the Rainforest Alliance and funded by the Citi Foundation. To better understand smallholder farmers’ issues concerning financial administration and credit access and to better inform technical assistance packages, the study, entitled “Farmer […]