OLD COFFEE TREES CAN BE REJUVENATED
Stumped trees deliver increased yields and better quality coffee, which can ultimately contribute to providing a living income for Ethiopian farmers
Currently, the largest impediment to increased coffee productivity in Ethiopia is the lack of tree rejuvenation, also known as “stumping.”
Stumping coffee trees is the most critical step to improve yields and quality and is a prerequisite to achieving the impact of additional good agricultural practices (GAPs).
However, even though stumping a 25-year-old tree can generate yields equal to, or better than those of young trees, Ethiopian smallholder coffee farmers are reluctant to stump primarily due to the immediate, acute, and short-term loss of income for 1.5 years while their trees stems regrow.
Coldblow Coffee will be sponsoring an Ethiopian coffee farmer to stump over 150 coffee trees in 2022. Our contribution will be used to provide an incentive in the form of farming implements (a wheelbarrow, pruning shears and saw) for our farmer-partner. We will be following the progress of the farmer over the year, monitoring the impact this project has.