Coffee: here’s the carbon cost of your daily cup – and how to make it climate-friendly

Using less fertiliser, managing water and energy use more efficiently during milling and exporting the beans by cargo ship rather than aeroplane …

Rising demand for coffee can create economic rift with poorer nations

Mass production has created harsher economic and ecological conditions in major coffee-growing nations

Beetles high on coffee

Erratic weather is fuelling the growth of a pest which destroys Arabica coffee. In the absence of effective pest management, India's coffee …

Drought grips Kodagu: Cauvery river runs dry, posing threat to wildlife and livelihoods

Coffee farms & tourism, Kodagu’s mainstays, are running into losses; land sharks responsible for exacerbating drought, say locals

International Coffee Day: Coffee cultivation transforming tribal lives in Odisha’s Koraput

Many Adivasis in Odisha’s Koraput have prospered in recent years after turning to coffee farming from shifting cultivation

Fewer honeybees could mean less food

World’s coffee shops have emerged as plant milk’s front line

Milk made from plants is entering the public consciousness (and stomachs) in coffee shops across the globe.

World Dhole Day 2024: Sambar for lunch, with some coffee

India’s iconic wild canids, mostly forest predators, seem to have adapted to live alongside people in agroforests like coffee and tea …

Karnataka coffee farmers selling estates, killing themselves: Report

Market prices, erratic weather and increasing input costs are making coffee cultivation unviable, it notes

Global warming can reduce coffee growing areas in the world’s largest coffee-producing region: study

Bee-friendly farm practices and conserving forests suitable for coffee production can reduce vulnerability to climate change, it said

With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

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Drinking very hot beverages can cause oesophageal cancer, says IARC

The cancer research organisation concluded that high temperatures, rather than specific drinks, are carcinogenic

Cuppa may be good for your heart

Those who drink a moderate amount of coffee — three to five cups a day — are less likely to have early signs of heart disease, says study

Bean bane

Is this a sign?

Rainfall in the Western Ghats has been steadily declining, triggering fears of a drought in one of the world's most water-rich regions

Coffee that will keep the Cauvery flowing

It is time we thought long and deep about the origins of our rivers. Their birth is our life

Transboundary climate risks impact agricultural production in every country: Report

International trade in six major agricultural commodities, including rice and wheat, affected by transboundary climate risks 

Indian Science Congress showcases innovations for a smarter home

Exhibits include gas stove that can be timed to turn off; a clothesline that protects clothes from rain

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The hopper bands in Wayanad are not locusts

A member of IUCN’s grasshopper specialist group explains the truth about the infestation in Pulpally, Wayanad

McDonalds' UK promotes sustainable coffee

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