Café with reduced carbon footprint: Brazil leads green transformation in the countryside

A new generation of coffee growers is putting Brazil at the forefront of environmentally friendly food production. With a focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, producers have adopted regenerative practices and nitrogen fertilizers with reduced carbon emissions, resulting in productivity gains and added value for national coffee. Fertilizer is responsible for two-thirds of coffee emissions and is being transformed Studies indicate that about 67% of GHG emissions in coffee production are associated with the use of nitrogen fertilizers. To address this challenge, companies have started using fertilizers produced with low-emission ammonia, such as those in the Climate Choice™ line, which reduce up to 90% of the carbon footprint of the input. This change has allowed an average reduction of 42% in emissions per kilo of coffee produced, with records reaching 58% in some farms. "The combination of lower impact fertilizers and more balanced nutrition, based on soil diagnosis ...