report
2017

Assessing coffee household income

by Fairtrade International, True Price
Assessment of household income of coffee farmers in seven origins to improve strategy, policy and Fairtrade's Minimum Price.
report
2022

Exploring Future Options to Attain a Living Income From Smallholder Farming in the East African Highlands

by Wageningen University; International Livestock Research Institute; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; World Bank

What Farm Size Sustains a Living? New scenarios show that increasing farm area and/or intensifying production is required for smallholder farmers to attain a living income from farming. The text explore how these changes would require considerable capital and labor investment, as well as land reform and alternative off-farm employment options for those who exit farming. 

multi-stakeholder initiative

Global Coffee Platform

by Global Coffee Platform
The Global Coffee Platform is the leading facilitator of the coffee sector’s journey towards sustainability. They improve the livelihoods, ecosystems and resilience of coffee farming communities, with living income as one of their focus areas.
report
2020

Living income benchmarking of rural households

by Wageningen University

This article proposes a simple method to benchmark a rural living income. It estimates the living income for rural households in rural Tanzania, rural Uganda and rural Ethiopia.

2022

Living Income Reference Price for coffee from Uganda

by Fairtrade

Fairtrade's lessons from launching a 2022 Living Income Reference Price for coffee from Uganda. 

benchmark
2019

Living Wage Benchmark, Rural Uganda

by Global Living Wage Coalition

Living wage estimate for floriculture farm workers to be able to afford a basic but decent living standard in Lake Victoria basin, Uganda.

organisation

Moyee coffee

by Moyee coffee
Moyee's FairChain approach aims to create a 50/50 balance between coffee producers and coffee drinkers.
report
2018

Time for some truly good coffee

by Fairfood
This report sheds light into the poor standards of living of coffee producers and urges industry players to apply innovative solutions that ensure just remunerations for a life of dignity.
project
2020

Women @ Work

by Hivos

Program to improve the position and labour conditions of women workers in global supply chains of flowers and vegetables in East and Southern Africa.