‘We would not survive without coffee’: how rules made in Europe put Ethiopian farmers at risk
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Coffee is the country’s biggest export, but millions of smallholders are being asked to provide paperwork to prove their land is not deforestedThe first white flowers are starting to appear on the branches of Habtamu Wolde’s coffee bushes in the Kafa region of southwest Ethiopia. They will bloom several more times before turning into round red cherries ready for harvesting in October. Then they will be prepared for export and shipped to the capital.“Our coffee is iconic, you cannot find a higher...

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