Nestlé Philippines and Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) project seeks Philippines' coffee yield to be at par with Vietnam's product

Nestlé Philippines and Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) aim to further raise the yield per hectare of small-scale coffee farmers in the country to be at par with Vietnam’s production. Nestlé and GIZ have implemented Project Coffee+, launched in 2018, aimed at addressing yield challenges among small-scale coffee farmers through educating farmers on new techniques such as regenerative agriculture. The project was expanded, now called Project Coffee ++, further in 2021 to 2025. At a press briefing in Makati City on Friday, Nestlé Philippines head of corporate affairs Joey Uy said the “ultimate goal” of Project Coffee ++ is to eventually raise the yield of coffee farmers to 2 metric tons per hectare, “at par with Vietnam” by the end of the project in 2025. However, Uy said the goal would be a moving target as he clarified that “we have yet to get there.” Under the previous Project Coffee +, the Nestlé Philippines executive reported that the initiative has raised ...