Farmers in Peru can receive approximately 40 Peruvian soles (around $12) for a day’s work in a coffee plantation. For the same day’s work cultivating coca, payment exceeds 100 Peruvian soles (around ...

Olam International's Peru Coffee Supply Chain Has Deforestation-Linked Reputational Risks for Investors. ... It operates single-estate coffee plantations in Brazil, Zambia, Tanzania, and Laos.

LIMA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Coffee producers in Peru are abandoning their farms to work on plantations that grow coca, the main ingredient in cocaine, due to slumping coffee prices and delays in ...

Coffee production not only supports economic development but also plays a crucial role in combating illicit crops, such as illegal coca plantations and land trafficking. In Oxapampa, gold comes in the ...

Dwight Aguilar Masias, third-generation and award-winning Peruvian coffee farmer, plucks a leaf from one of his prized geisha coffee trees. Turning it over in his hand, he points to a cluster of ...

PROMPERU LOGO Peruvian coffee will be featured at the expo. Peru's specialty coffees are scored above 83 points according to Specialty Coffee Association of America standards. Peru is the second ...

The ecological importance of coffee cultivation can be seen in El Imposible National Park, one of the few strictly protected natural areas of forest in El Salvador. Named for its inaccessibility, the ...

The ideal conditions for the fungus to begin germinating are around 21°C to 25°C – temperatures previously rarely reached at over 1,000 metres above sea level, where 75% of Peruvian coffee plantations ...