Why gender equity is essential to coffee’s profitable future

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Expanding our direct relationships with more of the world’s most talented women growers has pushed quality further, says Sophie Reid, chief commercial officer at Pact Coffee

Women make up an estimated 70% of the global coffee workforce, yet own or run just 20% of coffee farms. Even when women do run a farm, they typically have significantly less access to land, finance, and agronomic training than their male counterparts.

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