Climate-smart coffee production in the East African Community and export opportunities to the EU

The report examines the role of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in the East African Community (EAC) to enhance coffee production and facilitate exports to the EU. It highlights that while exports from countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda have grown by approximately 60% over ten years, growers must scale up CSA practices—such as mulching and agroforestry—to comply with EU requirements regarding traceability, biodiversity, and sustainability certifications.

• Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices, specifically mulching and agroforestry, are identified as methods to increase coffee yields and export opportunities while mitigating climate change risks in the East African Community.
• Coffee exports from East African Community countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda, have increased by approximately 60% over the last ten years, with auctions being the most common business model.
• To access the expanding EU market, local growers must increase the adoption of CSA practices to satisfy various requirements, including sustainability certification, quality, traceability, biodiversity conservation, social responsibility, packaging, labelling, and phytosanitary measures.

APA

Sitati, C., Kehbila, A., Lutta, A., Suljada, T., Osano, P., & Sunguti, E. M. (2024). Climate-smart coffee production in the East African Community and export opportunities to the EU. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/publications/coffee-eac-eu-export/

Chicago

Sitati, Cynthia, Anderson Kehbila, Alphayo Lutta, Timothy Suljada, Philip Osano, and Elizabeth Majani Sunguti. Climate-smart coffee production in the East African Community and export opportunities to the EU. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2024. https://www.sei.org/publications/coffee-eac-eu-export/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sitati2024climatesmart, author = {Sitati, Cynthia and Kehbila, Anderson and Lutta, Alphayo and Suljada, Timothy and Osano, Philip and Sunguti, Elizabeth Majani}, title = {{Climate-smart coffee production in the East African Community and export opportunities to the EU}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/coffee-eac-eu-export/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }