Coffee farmers in crisis despite inflation-boosting retail prices
Published on The Grocer
Coffee farmers are facing a “deepening crisis” despite soaring prices as climate change and input costs threaten the sector’s resilience.
Leading independent coffee supplier Matthew Algie has warned that producers have been unable to reap the benefits of increased coffee prices as climate change, rising costs and financial pressures mount – leaving the sector’s future under threat.
The company said that soaring arabica prices – peaking at 425 cents per pound this year after more than doubling from last year – should “in theory boost farm income”. However, instead they were “failing to deliver real benefits for smallholder farmers”, who faced a “perfect storm” of challenges that prevented them form reinvesting or planning for the future.
Published on The Grocer, 8th May 2025
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