In the hills of eastern Uganda, women coffee farmers are gaining long-overdue financial power and respect through a bold initiative that pays them more than men for their harvests ...

The Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute announced that it is working to supply 5 million seedlings of indigenous plant species ...

The development of climate-resistant coffee varieties is a beacon of hope in an industry facing turbulent times. If supported ...

African Heritage House is a showpiece of African culture and heritage and contains an invaluable collection of African art.

SIRONKO, Uganda — Meridah Nandudu envisioned a coffee sisterhood in Uganda , and the strategy for expanding it was simple: ...

Coffee agroforests in India’s Western Ghats mountains, where coffee shrubs are grown under the shade of trees, could be a good source of seeds for forest restoration efforts, according to a ...

Indigenous to Liberia and Sierra Leone, the Liberica coffee tree once elevated Liberia to international fame as a producer of some of the world's finest coffee. Now, amid the intensifying climate ...

In Sironko district, home to more than 200,000 people, coffee trees dot the hilly terrain. Much of the farming is on plots of one or two acres, although some families have larger tracts.

In Uganda, Meridah Nandudu is empowering women coffee farmers by paying them a premium for their beans, leading to a significant increase in female participation in the coffee trade. This ...