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Amazonian Coffee: from the forest to the world, a story of climate resilience

  • Between Challenges and New Horizons

    The Brazilian Amazon emerges as a new frontier for coffee farming, especially with the advance of robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) in the states of Rondônia, Acre, and parts of Amazonas. This expansion combines Brazil's capacity for scientific innovation with the strength of family farming.

    But there are many challenges: rising temperatures, the risk of prolonged droughts, the occurrence of extreme events, as well as other factors that put production under pressure, such as pests, diseases and logistical limitations.

    Transforming Amazonian coffee farming into an example of climate resilience is an opportunity to ensure income, socio-productive inclusion, and increase the competitiveness of Brazilian coffee in the global market.

The grain that is born resilient already carries the future in itself

  • Breeding

    The resilience of Amazonian coffee farming begins on a genetic basis. Adapting plants to intense heat, droughts, and pressure from pests has always been one of the biggest challenges in the region. For a long time, those factors limited the expansion of the activity, which was seen as risky and uncompetitive. With Embrapa's research, this perception changed. The development of hybrid cultivars that are adapted to the Amazonian environment has shown that it is possible to combine productivity, quality, and sustainability. The new varieties strengthen family farming, expand regional competitiveness, and point pathways to have coffee farming resist climate change and conquer new markets.

     

  • Breeding

    Opening paths

    BRS 1216 was the first cultivar to show that the Amazon could have robust productive quality coffee. It marked the beginning of the transformation of regional coffee farming, bringing confidence and new possibilities to farmers.

  • Breeding

    Strength against drought

    BRS 2314 was the answer to one of the region's greatest vulnerabilities: the irregularity of rainfall. This cultivar offers tolerance to water stress, ensuring production security in an increasingly uncertain climate scenario.

  • Breeding

    Natural defense against threats

    BRS 2336 added resistance to pests and diseases, reducing the need for pesticides and promoting more sustainable cropping. It caused farmers to gain stability and have lower risks in the face of environmental pressures.

  • Breeding

    Quality that conquers markets

    BRS 3213 combines high yield with excellent sensory attributes, connecting Amazonian coffee to specialty coffee niches. It represents the union between climate resilience and economic appreciation of the beverage.

The harvest depends not only on nature, but on intelligent management

  • Technological Products, Processes and Practices

    The resilience of Amazonian coffee farming is not limited to what is in the genetic field: it takes place in the daily life of production. The way grains are grown, managed, and processed makes all the difference to ensure quality and reduce losses in an environment marked by variations in the climate. In this scenario, the solutions that have been developed and adapted to the regional reality bring gains in efficiency, sustainability, and competitiveness, allowing farmers to face the challenges without compromising the productivity and quality of the beverage.

  • Products, Processes and Practices

    Water as an ally

    The use of fertigation,which has already been incorporated into modern systems, contributes to reducing risks in periods of water irregularity, strengthening production resilience in the face of climate change.

  • Products, Processes and Practices

    Optimized harvesting

    A strip-picking machine facilitates harvesting, reduces manual effort, and optimizes working time, increasing efficiency in properties of different sizes.

  • Products, Processes and Practices

    Drying with more quality

    The terreiro-barca, a patio with a boat-shaped movable cover, guarantees uniform drying of the grains, reducing post-harvest losses and ensuring higher quality of the beverage, even in periods of high humidity.

  • Products, Processes and Practices

    Management that strengthens the future

     

    Pruning to train coffee trees is an essential practice to renew the plantations, allowing for more vigorous, productive plants that are adapted to modern management.

To diversify is to protect production and the forest

  • DIVERSIFIED CONSERVATIONIST SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT

    In the Amazon, producing in harmony with nature is not just a choice: it is a condition for the permanence of the activity in the territory. The diversity of agricultural systems is a key balancing factor that can ensure production stability, conserve natural resources, and increase resilience in the face of climate change. In coffee farming, practices that unite environmental conservation to technological innovation have shown that coffee and forest can be partners.

  • DIVERSIFIED CONSERVATIONIST SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT

    Living soil, stronger crops

     

    The use of Brachiaria grass between the coffee tree rows improves soil structure, reduces erosion, and contributes to greater water retention, strengthening the crop production base.

  • DIVERSIFIED CONSERVATIONIST SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT

    Trees that refresh and sustain

    The afforestation of robusta crops regulates the microclimate, decreases soil temperature, increases humidity, and reinforces the thermal and water resilience of coffee trees.

     

  • DIVERSIFIED CONSERVATIONIST SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT

    Biological control in action

    The fungus Beauveria bassiana allows farmers to deal with the coffee borer in a natural and sustainable way, thus reducing dependence on chemical pesticides and promoting ecological balance.

Planning is turning uncertainties into opportunities

  • Climate Forecasting and Land Zoning
    In the Amazon, where climate variability is intense, producing coffee without reliable information is taking high risks. Access to meteorological data and agricultural zoning turns the climate away from an unpredictable enemy into a strategic ally. With digital tools and monitoring networks, farmers can anticipate scenarios, choose the best times to plant seedlings, and reduce losses caused by droughts or extreme events. Thus, planning is no longer just an advantage: it has become a condition for the permanence and competitiveness of coffee farming in the region.
  • Climate Forecasting and Land Zoning

    Technology in favor of the fields

    Zarc Plantio Certo (app and web version) guides farmers on the safest periods for cultivation, helping to reduce risks and ensuring higher productive stability. Based on historical climate and soil series, the tool crosses regional information to recommend the ideal windows to sow in each city. In the Amazon, where the rainfall regime is decisive for crop success, the use of Zarc allows farmers to plan accurately, reduce losses, and optimize the use of inputs — making coffee more competitive and sustainable in the face of climate change.

     

  • Climate Forecasting and Land Zoning

    Indicators that measure the future

    The assessment of the carbon footprint and sequestration in coffee farming in the Matas de Rondônia geographical indication allows the quantification of carbon emissions and  capture in robusta crops. Based on local data and international guidelines, the methodology proves that coffee plantations in the region sequester more carbon than they emit, strengthening access to sustainable markets and environmental certifications. The result translates science into value, positioning Amazonian coffee as a symbol of innovation and commitment to the climate.

No one innovates alone

  • Public Policies, Funding and Technical Assistance
    The transformation of Amazonian coffee farming has been made possible thanks to a synergistic environment where public policies based on reliable data coexist with cutting-edge agricultural research involving the production sector, accessible credit for farmers, and qualified technical assistance. In environments like this, innovation can occur with the adoption of new technologies, which reduce risks, increase productivity, and increase the competitiveness of the region. This has allowed Amazonian coffee to move forward in a sustainable and inclusive way.
  • Funding, Technical Assistance and Public Policy

    Governance that strengthens the chain

    The Coffee Policy Deliberative Council (CDPC, from the acronym in Portuguese) articulates strategic policies for the sector, ensuring representativeness and alignment across farmers, government and research institutions.

  • Funding, Technical Assistance and Public Policy

    Credit that enables innovation


    Funcafé is one of the main funding instruments for coffee farming, offering conditions for investment in technologies, production costing, and support for commercialization.
  • Funding, Technical Assistance and Public Policy

    Capacity-building that reaches the fields

    Courses such as Embrapa's distance learning modules about Integrated Pest Management and Nematodes update knowledge and expand the capacity of technicians and farmers to deal with production challenges.

The value of coffee is not only in the beans, but in the story they tell

  • Socioeconomic and Environmental Performance
    In the Amazon, coffee goes beyond agricultural production: it represents cultural identity, social inclusion and economic opportunities. Each crop carries the story of farming families who resist, innovate and transform the territory amid the challenges of the climate. Valuing the quality of the beverage, recognizing the role of different social actors, and promoting entry into differentiated markets are fundamental steps to ensure that Amazonian coffee farming is not only productive, but also fair and sustainable.
  • Socioeconomic and Environmental Performance

    Knowledge for Amazonian coffee farming

    By gathering knowledge that guides farmers and extension workers on the sustainable cultivation of coffee, the book Café na Amazônia [Coffee in the Amazon] connects science and tradition to strengthen family coffee farming and boost rural development in the region.

  • Socioeconomic and Environmental Performance

    Inclusion that strengthens communities

     

    Studies like Mulheres na Cultura do Café [Women in Coffee Cropping, available in Portuguese and Spanish] or Women in Coffee in Brazil highlight the female protagonism and the role of family farming in consolidating the activity, showing that coffee is also an agent of social transformation.

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Amazonian Coffee: Resilience as inspiration

  • The transformation of coffee farming in the Amazon proves that it is possible to produce with socio-environmental responsibility in one of the most sensitive regions of the planet. In Rondônia, where Amazon robusta coffee occupies less than 1% of the state's forest area, production involves more than 8,000 small family farms and indigenous communities, with no advance over native forests.

    Studies conducted by Embrapa show that 95.5% of production areas are in compliance with international sustainability requirements, and that coffee plantations sequester more carbon than they emit, integrating science, innovation and tradition in favor of the climate.

    Amazonian coffee is thus a symbol of adaptation and resilience, capable of combining productivity, socio-productive inclusion and environmental preservation. Its trajectory points the way to an agriculture of the future — sustainable, competitive and fair, which generates income, strengthens territories and connects the Amazon to the world.

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