Making coffee farming more resilient: Nestlé enters partnership to provide farmers with weather insurance and contributes to new regenerative agriculture guidebook

Making coffee farming more resilient: Nestlé enters partnership to provide farmers with weather insurance and contributes to new regenerative agriculture guidebook

October 2, 2023

Climate change is putting coffee-growing areas under pressure. Smallholder coffee farmers are exposed to the risk of irregular weather conditions that can affect their crops. On the occasion of International Coffee Day, Nestlé announces that it is piloting a weather insurance program in Indonesia for more than 800 smallholder coffee farmers that supply coffee to its brand Nescafé. The company is launching the insurance scheme in collaboration with Blue Marble, a specialist in climate insurance. The insurance provides financial protection to help farmers cope with unpredictable weather patterns of rainfall and severe drought.

Changing agricultural practices requires access to knowledge and time to learn and implement. Nestlé, has contributed to the “Regenerative Agriculture for Low-Carbon and Resilient Coffee Farms – A Practical Guidebook ”, developed by the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). This guidebook provides field agronomists, trainers and professionals working with coffee farmers with a set of best practices that they can use and adapt to different farming contexts, helping farmers transition to regenerative agriculture.

Nestlé S.A. Vevey, Switzerland

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