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AdapCC boosts tea and coffee growers

by catherinea | December 23, 2009
"Climate change is real, it's happening right now, and its effects are most severe for those least equipped to deal with them."
- Wolfgang Weinmann, head of strategic of development at Cafedirect

Cafedirect is working to help tea and coffee growers in Latin America and Africa cope with the impact of climate change and improve their access to financial and technical support.

Run in association with the German Technical Cooperation, the three-year AdapCC project coincides with a record spike in Kenyan tea prices, brought on by recent droughts, as well as a global decline in coffee harvests.

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