Laos

The climate and landscape in Laos provide the right growing conditions to produce some of the finest estate-specific certified specialty coffee in the world.

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Our subsidiary Outspan Bolovens Ltd (OBL) sits at an altitude of 1,250 metres. It was the first coffee estate in our portfolio, joined by others in Brazil, Tanzania and Zambia.

Through AtSource, we support more than 2,500 coffee farmers near our Laos estates to improve production yields – an example of how large-scale farmers can work hand-in-hand with smallholders to create value. Follow the links below to see where our coffee is grown.

To date, 1,300 hectares have been planted by Olam for the supply of niche coffee markets worldwide, with a total of 2,000 hectares planned.

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Ripe red coffee cherries growing on a bush, ready for harvesting, Guatemala, Olam.

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Meet the Team

We employ over 100 passionate individuals across our coffee estates and related operations.

Abhishek Sharma Olam's Country Head of Laos introduces his team.

Abhishek Sharma Country Head, Laos

Female coffee farmer planting small coffee bushes aorund a shade tree, Laos.

News, Views and Insights

17^th Dec, 2020

Press release

Olam named Asia Pacific’s best company to work for by Kincentric

Singapore Olam International has been named by Kincentric as Regional Best Employer Asia Pacific in 2020 for the first time for upholding a strong workplace culture and deep employee engagement amid the challenges of COVID-19. The company is consistently seen as an employer of choice in regions it operates in. This year, Olam Vietnam and Olam China were named by Kincentric as the best employers in their respective markets – which contributed to the APAC award accolade. Earlier in July 2020, for the second consecutive year, Olam Brazil was recognised by Great Place to Work (GPTW) as one of Brazil’s best employers, ranking fifth among all large agribusinesses in the country. Joydeep Bose, Managing Director and Global Head, Human Resources, Olam International Limited, said, “Our biggest challenge this year has clearly been to support our colleagues globally through COVID-19, even as we keep agri-food supplies arriving at tables globally while executing on our ambitious re-org

1^st Oct, 2020

News

Coffee kiosk gives Brazilian smallholders direct access to global markets

Olam is experimenting with technologies that reach remote coffee farmers and empower them to sell to the company directly, thereby giving them access to global market prices. Its first kiosk in Ibicocara - Brazil's Bahia region, allows farmers to drop off coffee samples and then Olam manages the testing and pricing negotiation via its digital platform, Olam Direct. The company has received more than 50 samples in July, its first month of operation, and farmer feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Olam hopes to roll out the kiosks to serve additional farmers in 2021 and the locations may offer other value-add services for farmers and their communities. Edmilson Rocha Aguiar, who farms 140 miles away from the closest Olam facility in Vitoria da Conquista, was one of the first participants in the kiosk test.

1^st Dec, 2020

Blog

A Sustainable, Equitable Food System Needs to be Nourished at the Source

COVID-19 has exposed many of the vulnerabilities in our food system, one of which is just how reliant global supply chains are on people’s well-being at every step of the journey. The small-scale farmers in emerging markets who produce much of the world’s food ingredients, live in countries that face high rates of malnutrition, with many farming households unable to eat healthily themselves. The strong link between health and agricultural productivity is one of the reasons nutrition has moved up the sustainability agenda for Olam. Malnutrition is said to cost the private sector as much as $850 billion a year in lost productivity, according to a recent Chatham House reporti, with much of this borne by the ag sector given the labour intensity of farming. So as a business that plans to run efficiently for the next 30, 50 years and beyond, helping to reduce malnutrition in the communities where we operate is actually a down payment on future productivity. Financial incentive aside,

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