Farm Renovation & Rehabilitation
Meeting the global need to rejuvenate coffeelands while applying best practices that restore productivity and conserve nature
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Coffee trees are a farmer's greatest asset.
Farmers rely on productive and resilient trees to remain competitive — and to sustain their livelihoods. Aging trees, climate change and significant pest and disease outbreaks threaten production, spurring the need for renovation and rehabilitation (R&R) of coffee farms. And while coffee yields are declining, demand for coffee is growing by 2% annually. In fact, it is estimated that global production will need to double by 2050 to keep up with demand.
Across the 19 biggest coffee producing countries, 40% of global coffee production area would benefit from R&R. This is equivalent to the entire harvested area of Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia and Ethiopia. To put this in perspective, roughly 14 billion coffee trees are needed to address the issue. Though there has been over USD 1.2 billion already invested in R&R efforts by governments and supply chain actors, we’ve still only scratched the surface in terms of the need.
