Where has the time gone?! It only feels like yesterday that I arrived in Hanoi, but here I am 3 months later with only a few days left before flying back to Ireland. Since my last update I have been working on calculations of the green and blue water footprints using climatic data (precipitation, temperature ...
The grey water footprint represents the amount of water required to dilute pollutants so that the quality of ambient water remains above agreed water quality standards (Hoekstra et al., 2009). For coffee production, this would be the volume of water to dilute levels of nitrate and phosphate (fertilizer) and pesticide levels leaching from soil to ...
”The International Coffee Organization forecasts worldwide coffee consumption in 2025 will be around 20% higher than the roughly 150 million bags estimated for 2015.” In Vietnam’s central highlands, Nestle are working with farmers to help improve the quality and yields of Robusta coffee production. Over 300 local farmers took part in training to become instructors ...