{"id":621,"date":"2016-11-01T17:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saffroncoffee.com\/?p=621"},"modified":"2018-07-10T17:03:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T17:03:09","slug":"what-are-the-challenges-facing-lao-hill-tribe-coffee-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saffroncoffee.com\/2016\/11\/01\/what-are-the-challenges-facing-lao-hill-tribe-coffee-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Challenges Facing Lao Hill-Tribe Coffee Farmers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Kham Moune is a hill-tribe coffee farmer living in a small village in Xieng Nguen, Luang Prabang Province, Laos. Married with five children, he has 1,500 coffee trees. His trees are both shade grown and organic. In a neighbouring village, Mrs Nut has just under 1,000 trees, also shade grown and organic. She\u2019s married with one child.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Moune and Mrs Nut\u2019s coffee farms are unusual for hill-tribe coffee producers, some of the poorest farmers in Laos. Numerous challenges face them, making quality Arabica production difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Yet I believe it doesn\u2019t have to be. Not when purchasers adopt direct farmer engagement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectdailygrind.com\/2016\/11\/challenges-facing-lao-hill-tribe-coffee-farmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0perfectdailygrind.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Kham Moune is a hill-tribe coffee farmer living in a small village in Xieng Nguen, Luang Prabang Province, Laos. Married with five children, he has 1,500 coffee trees. His trees are both shade grown and organic. In a neighbouring village, Mrs Nut has just under 1,000 trees, also shade grown and organic. 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