Improving coffee sector Climate-Smart Awareness and decision-making

IITA, CCAFS, SFL, Olam. 2018. Improving coffee sector Climate-Smart Awareness and decision-making. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

The Institute of International Agriculture (IITA) and Olam are working together in the Mt. Elgon region in Uganda to develop climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices to help farmers to manage the specific effects of weather variability/climate change to that region and lay them out in a “Stepwise” pathway tailored to specific farmer segments to help them make smarter and more timely investment in resilience building practices. Olam, a coffee trader in Uganda, offering direct services to its farmers, sees the project value in its ability to save costs in the short-term while building farmer climate resilience in the long-term, all the while creating a more sustainable supply.