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Cups of Coffee: How Your Daily Intake Can Fuel Solidarity

On the occasion of World Coffee Day, join us for a coffee break with Dinu Abdella, Advisor in Public Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at KIT Royal Tropical Institute.

In this episode, Dinu shares the origins of the Coffee Stories — and how learning more about the lives of coffee farmers can deepen our sense of connection and solidarity with them.

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  • KIT Coffee Stories: Making a living from coffee – talking with farmers in Colombia

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    Take a coffee break with Stefan Petrutiu, advisor and coffee connoisseur at KIT, as he is joined by farmers he met in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In this video, we talk to the coffee farmers and explore the context behind the numbers in our studies on household and living incomes. What do […]

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  • Are coffee farmers in Ethiopia earning a living income?

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    Join us for a coffee break with Stefan Petrutiu, agribusiness advisor at KIT Institute. Stefan, a true coffee connoisseur, knows what it takes to brew an exceptional cup. It all begins with the coffee farmers. In this episode, we explore how much coffee farmers need to afford a decent standard of living. Have a coffee […]

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  • Brewing Equality: Empowering Agronomists to improve Gender Equality

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    Join us for a coffee break with Ana Victoria Portocarrero, senior gender advisor at KIT Royal Tropical Institute. Ana Victoria will give us an insight into a programme set up by  Nespresso and KIT that tackles gender inequality in coffee production. This program has been implemented in numerous countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. […]

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  • Brewing the Future: How Young Colombian Farmers Are Transforming Coffee Production

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    Take a coffee break with KIT Institute and explore the lives of young coffee farmers and their families in Colombia. This video takes a closer look at the future generation of coffee farmers – and their plans and ambitions for the future. What motivates these young farmers to stay in the coffee sector? By telling […]

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  • Choosing a sustainable coffee for the KIT offices

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    At KIT we recently had to change our coffee machines. For many people, a morning coffee is the only way to start the day. In 2019 at the KIT offices, around 3,000 kilos of coffee beans were ground every year to meet the coffee needs of all 1,500 people working here: KIT employees, our SDG […]

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  • Making a living from coffee – talking with farmers in Colombia

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    • Coffee Stories

    Take a coffee break with Stefan Petrutiu, advisor and coffee connoisseur at KIT, as he is joined by farmers he met in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In this video, we talk to the coffee farmers and explore the context behind the numbers in our studies on household and living incomes. What do […]

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    Since 2017, KIT Institute and the UN Women Training Centre have run Feminist Edge, a professional development programme for gender trainers. Feminist Edge re-captures and re-imagines gender training as a feminist project, establishing a new approach to training for gender equality. On Tuesday 4 August 2026, Feminist Edge will host a Special Event: Bringing a […]

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    Inclusion and equity are at the heart of KIT’s mission — values we’re proud to reflect during WorldPride. For the coming weeks, the facade of our building on the Mauritskade will be lit up in rainbow colours in the evenings like many other institutional buildings in Amsterdam, and we proudly raise our flags. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 On […]

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