Forests: African realities- Episode 3: Coffee

I can see you drinking a nice cup of coffee: an expresso, a double expresso, a macchiato, a café latte, or a cappuccino. Today, we are going to discover together whether the contents of this good cup with its captivating aromas have an impact on deforestation.

In Africa, the coffee sector directly and indirectly supports the livelihoods of around 40 million people throughout the value chain: they generally have between 0.5 and 2.5 ha of land and the number of commercial plantations (unlike in Brazil or Vietnam) is limited.

The main coffee producing countries in Africa are Ethiopia and Uganda by far, followed by few others: Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, Burundi, Rwanda, Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone etc. How are the sectors organised and are they ready to comply with the EU deforestation-free regulation (EUDR)?

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