Prominent global coffee groups call for immediate interventions as EUDR looms

Prominent coffee-focused nonprofits and trade organizations recently issued separate calls to European leaders to take immediate action regarding the new EU deforestation-free supply chain law (EUDR). In a public statement on Aug. 9, the farmer-focused organization Fairtrade International warned that certain producers may be “cut off from trade with the EU market or pushed out of supply chains by larger producers, not because they farm on deforested land, but because they face challenges in collecting, managing and submitting the necessary data.” A separate letter sent to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen — signed by the Global Coffee Platform, the European Coffee Federation the World Coffee Producers Forum and other coffee organizations — called for “urgent intervention” in order to prevent “unintended consequences for smallholder coffee farmers and smaller companies.” Both statements call for immediate interventions on behalf of the EU prior to enforcement of the new ...