The Clear Case For Regenerative Coffee – CoffeeTalk

A new study by international nonprofit TechnoServe, with support from Nestlé, JDE Peet’s, and the Rudy & Alice Ramsey Foundation, makes the investment case for regenerative coffee in nine leading producer countries. The study found that regenerative production can increase smallholder farmer incomes by an average of 62%, boost coffee exports by 30% across seven countries, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3.5 million tons of CO₂e annually.

In each country, agronomists and practitioners identified a shortlist of practices with the greatest potential to benefit farmers and the environment. The report’s authors then used real-world data to model how these practices would affect emissions, farm productivity and earnings, and production costs over time and at different scales. This approach yielded not only global insights but a nuanced picture of the opportunities in each country and region.

The study found that supporting this transition to regenerative agriculture would require a global investment of $560 million per year over seven years, funding technical assistance and financing that is tailored to the specific needs of smallholder farmers. However, the economic returns dwarf these costs, as the transition would boost global coffee exports by $2.6 billion annually and put an additional $2.1 billion in farmers’ pockets each year.

Making this vision a reality will require collaboration and innovation among farmers, businesses in the coffee value chain, governments, and finance sector institutions to build strategic partnerships and farmer-centric investment mechanisms. Working collaboratively both at farm and landscape levels, agrifood sector actors can ensure the long-term sustainability of the coffee sector, benefit nature and the climate, and improve the livelihoods of the world’s 12 million smallholder coffee farmers.

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