Landscape level challenges for cocoa and coffee in Peru
14 May 21
Ian Welsh
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This week: Representatives from Rainforest Alliance, agriculture commodities trader Ecom and finance provider Norandino discuss the implementation of a LandScale programme pilot in a coffee and cocoa growing region in Lamas Province, northern Peru. They talk about how to establish landscape-level targets, assessments and incentives, tackle deforestation, and build more resilient ecosystems and long-term farm incomes.
Plus: serious tea sector impacts from climate change says Christian Aid; Shell and ExxonMobil back €2bn Netherlands carbon capture project; McDonald’s antibiotic use disclosure; how Nestlé gets milk from peas; and, electric vehicles to be cheaper than combustion-based this decade, in the news digest.