Anne-Teresa Birthwright, Author at Food Tank

Anne-Teresa Birthwright

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Anne-Teresa Birthwright holds a Ph.D. in Geography at the University of the West Indies and a BSc. (Hon) in Geography and Geology. Her studies use a mixed methods approach to comparatively assess the vulnerability and impacts of climate and economic change on small-scale farmers within Jamaica’s two major specialty coffee production systems.

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The Plight of Jamaica’s Small-Scale Coffee Farmers to Climate Change

BCFN Alumni Anne-Teresa Birthwright discusses how climate change is pushing small-scale coffee farmers in Jamaica towards new realities.