Congo Coffee Farmers Fear War Will Undo Recent Gains

Congo coffee farmers fear war will undo recent gains

In the lush highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, coffee crops are rotting and withering as an escalation in the decades-long conflict in the region has kept farmers from tending to their land this year. Read more at straitstimes.com.

DRC coffee farmers fear war will undo recent gains

In the lush highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, coffee crops are rotting and withering as an escalation in the decades-long conflict in the region has kept farmers from tending to their land this year.

Wars threaten to undo recent gains of coffee farmers in Congo

The News God Wars threaten to undo recent gains of coffee farmers in Congo In the rich highlands of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, coffee harvests are decaying and withering, as an increase in the region’s decades-long violence has prevented farmers from working on their land this year. Conflicts between the government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels intensified earlier this year, as the terrorists captured leading cities in the North an…

Congo coffee farmers fear war will undo recent gains - Regional Media News

(Reuters) -In the lush highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, coffee crops are rotting and withering as an escalation in the decades-long conflict in the region has kept farmers from tending to their land this year. Fighting between the government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels escalated at the start of the year as rebels seized major cities in North and South Kivu provinces, prime coffee-growing areas known for their high-quality Arab…