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How Colombia Transformed Coffee Productivity Without Big Tech
In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine how Colombia's coffee sector doubled output per hectare over two decades without Silicon Valley-style disruption. They trace the story from the 1990s crisis when coffee rust devastated plantations to the creation of a networked system of smallholder innovation led by the National Federation of Coffee Growers. Key drivers include a distributed network of 1,500 extension agents, the development of rust-resistant Castillo varietals, and a quality-over-quantity shift that lifted farmer incomes. The hosts contrast this with tech-centric productivity…
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