The typical coffee farm applies ~ 200 kg/ha of synthetic nitrogen each year, an excessive amount I worked with this farm to phase out synthetic N and cut a total of 195,000 kgs of annual applications The trees are healthier, higher yielding, and the coffee tastes better...
@samdknowlton How much $/pound would you have to sell the coffee for to recoup all investments, researchers, labour time, lab tests, etc?
@JuliFrancoeur It depends. In many cases the cost of production is higher than the sale price. This is a problem with many layers and probably the biggest obstacle coffee growers face.
@samdknowlton Yep - exactly, hence my question because the industry needs to fund this environmental transition. Can’t be just up to the growers to be out of pocket 🥲