Over 25 million smallholder farmers produce 80 per cent of the world’s coffee, and coffee provides livelihood for a further 100 million people in coffee-producing countries. As at the end of October 2016, exports of Arabica (a specie) totalled 71.93 million bags, compared to 69.21 million bags in 2017. More than 150,000 farmers are involved in coffee production in Kenya.Vietnam earned $2.4 billion in 2015 on coffee export, creating jobs for more than one million workers. “It was discovered that coffee farmers in the area are abandoning their coffee plots for other agricultural crops. They also called for improved coffee seedlings and farm practices, warning that if urgent steps are not taken, the local coffee industry might go the way of the moribund textiles industry.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2019 04:41 UTC