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A guide to coffee production in Saudi Arabia

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that Saudi Arabia will import around 200,000 60kg bags across the 2022/23 crop year. Through this programme, the Saudi Arabian government plans to grow around 5,000 tonnes of higher-quality coffee every year, with plans to export at a major scale by 2040.

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Small Farmers Don’t Think They’ll Financially Make It Through the Pandemic

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According to a new survey from the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, between 30 and 40% of small farms say they’re on the verge of bankruptcy, and that the pivots they’ve made in the wake of the pandemic aren’t sustainable. And in other news. Eating at a restaurant where everyone is wearing a mask seems weird. NYTimes ].

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Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Climate and Agriculture?

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The Democratic presidential candidate supports a zero-emissions goal for ag and wants to incentivize carbon markets, but his platform makes no mention of animal agriculture or organic farming This story was originally published on Civil Eats. Drew Angerer/Getty Images. And those are changes that won’t likely please agribusiness.