SHIFT Social Impact

We make intelligent connections in coffee and sustainable agriculture 🌿

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How a West African coffee species offers hope against climate change.

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Locusts show how we can crowdsource with artificial intelligence.

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Many coffee producing countries are just beginning to consume their own beans.

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"Even in the face of this crisis some global supply chains remain incredibly resilient". https://t.co/Lmbr0L1wXE

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Conservation efforts support farmers to switch from coca to coffee.

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Lower global demand for #specialtycoffee adds to problems faced by African exporters.

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[World Bank Group AgriFood @WBG_AgriFood]

The applications for Agriculture Innovation Challenges by the
@WorldBank
& @draper_u
will be closed by April 2nd at 23:59 (GMT-12). Use the remaining time to submit your solution to support the
#SouthernAfrica
region! https://t.co/5R1F778QEm|

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"It will give certainty and reassurance that prices are secure, so farmers can dedicate their time to growing the best coffee in the world and not worry about fluctuations"

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#colombia #coffee #coffeeprices

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"Ecuador is committed to [showing] that coffee farming and healthy forests can coexist in a large scale"

https://t.co/wsgDOw5cAY

#craftcoffee #coffeeorigin #sustainability #specialtycoffee #coffee #Ecuador #coffeefarmer #coffeeroaster #climatechange #deforestation

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"Coffee drinker that cares about your environmental footprint? Buy shade-grown coffee, brew it by French press, and dispose of the coffee grounds in compost."

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#craftcoffee #coffeeorigin #sustainability #specialtycoffee #coffee #frenchpress

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"Moonlight has the ability to disrupt the circadian clock of coffee plants. In other words, the moon is messing up coffee’s sleep."

https://t.co/Tm2qNNARb4

#coffee #coffeeorigin #craftcoffee #climatechange #sustainability #specialtycoffee

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Digital financial services can be used to exploit, as well as help, the poor.

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#financialinclusion #sustainabledevelopment

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"We are convinced that fragmentation within the current food systems represents the most significant hurdle to feeding a growing population nutritiously and sustainably"

https://t.co/R4KDW1I1ZP

#sustainability #foodsystems #smallholders #agriculture #farmers

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“We’re equipping farmers with the tools that they can use to make economic decisions on their farm... We can’t make sustainability advances just by asking the growers to give our company information...They need the tools...”
https://t.co/NbbkRGeTHD
#supplychain #sustainability

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The future of the Guatemalan supply chain will be shaped by climate change and technology changes
https://t.co/7165RtGCmo
#coffee #guatemalancoffee #sustainability

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As prices sagged, the business for coffee sustainability surged in 2019

https://t.co/E5VrfSpgvC

#coffee #coffeefarmer #sustainability

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Can Starbucks save the planet by cutting dairy? The biggest move by Starbuck's customers who want to go green might be to stick with black coffee. Dairy accounted for 21% of Starbuck's carbon footprint in 2018.

https://t.co/LmyWZ4mwGK

#coffee #sustainability #carbonfootprint

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Brazilian exporters believe they will increase their already large share in the global coffee trade in 2020, possibly exporting more than the record 2019 volume, due to an expected fall in output coming from other producing countries.
https://t.co/hZ67z4EtGN
#coffee #Brazil

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In just a few short weeks, coffee has gone from star performer to teetering on the edge of bear-market territory amid shifting perceptions on supplies in Brazil, the world’s top producer and exporter.
https://t.co/ZgFrJbdqK8
#coffee #brazil #coffeeprices