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Updates on our work and projects around the world

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Reforestation project in Honduras

Honduras

One million trees are to be planted within five years, in an effort to promote agroforestry, mitigate the effects of climate change, and improve coffee farmer resilience.

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A shared vision in Tanzania

Tanzania

A programme enables men and women to realise a personal vision for their lives and farms.

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Low-tech tool helps farmers embrace regenerative agriculture

Uganda

Printed calendars offer illustrated guidance on sustainable farming for thousands of coffee growers.

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Clean water for PNG pupils

Papua New Guinea

Peet’s Coffee and Volcafe in Papua New Guinea partner to provide safe water at 100+ schools

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School partnership plants seeds for brighter futures in Peru

Peru

Through clever schools, the partnership promotes children's education in coffee communities

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La Morena: Coffee for gender equality

A Guatemalan project is working to close a gender gap in coffee.

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Volcafe and Costa Foundation to open 15th school in Vietnam

The partners have built educational facilities for 3,600 young students.

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Volcafe announces Sustainability Director

Volcafe has announced an exciting development with the appointment Liesbeth Kamphuis who will be joining Volcafe as Sustainability Director.

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Solar dryers in Honduras

Greenhouse-like structures help indigenous communities to raise coffee quality.

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Our coffee experts on the world stage

At a conference in the Netherlands, Volcafe's Emmanuel Bukomeko presented on efforts to end child labour in Uganda.

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Gold medal coffee

Judges praised the coffee's 'aromatic harmony and soft taste' among other qualities.

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Volcafe boosts presence in Peru with new state-of-the-art coffee processing facility

Located in the Cajamarca coffee region, the 10,000m² mill has capacity to produce 1,500 bags every 24 hours.

I am now leveraging [pests'] natural enemies like ladybugs, earthworms, or insect birds to reduce the use of chemicals, and also the number of irrigations needed.

Duong Dinh Nguyen Volcafe Way farmer, Vietnam

The farm is more beautiful... expenses are less. I was going to leave the farm and thanks to the Volcafe Way we continue here.

Miguel Meda Perez Volcafe Way farmer since 2016, Guatemala

The Volcafe Way method helped to increase my farm's productivity, obtaining better income that contributed to improving the quality of life for my family.

Elizabeth Calderón Volcafe Way farmer for 3+ years, Peru