Sustainable coffee

Yield vs quality trade-offs

Yield vs quality trade-offs

This topic explains the natural and management-driven trade-offs between maximizing coffee yield and achieving high cup quality, and why farmers, buyers, and consumers must balance these competing priorities.

Nutrient uptake and deficiencies

Nutrient uptake and deficiencies

This topic explains how coffee plants absorb nutrients from the soil, the role of each essential nutrient, and how deficiencies manifest in visible symptoms and reduced productivity.