Growing pains: tackling coffee’s youth exodus

The climate emergency has become a top priority for coffee businesses around the world, but with young farmers leaving the industry in droves, implementing solutions at origin is a growing challenge. Eduarda Cristovam, Director of Coffee Quality and Sustainability at Matthew Algie, speaks to Tobias Pearce about the importance of supporting young farmers today to ensure coffee has a bright future tomorrow

The negative impact of the climate emergency on global coffee production is already well documented. Up to 50% of the land used for growing coffee worldwide could become unsuitable for its cultivation by 2050 due to rising temperatures and extreme weather. Meanwhile, 60% of wild coffee species face extinction by the end of the century.