It is vital that coffee production and processing should take into account environmental needs to ensure physical sustainability. It is also necessary that the economic environment should be such as to encourage stability and reasonable living standards for the populations involved with coffee, and to ensure that adequate care may be given to ensure the maintenance of quality. The Organization wishes to encourage the improvement and diversification of old coffee plantations towards more market-oriented and environmental plantations such as organic and gourmet coffee. It also seeks to promote the use of friendly environmental technologies through the production and processing chain, integrated biological pest control and improved technology for the washing process.
Sustainable coffee development in Eastern Africa
Study of worldwide comparative analysis of coffee growing areas