Mpalila is a tall proud man born and raised in the Mbeya region in the south of Tanzania, Mpalila is a full-time farmer. framing Coffee, lemons, papaya, mango and also some livestock to help fertilise the soil.Staring in coffee 1984 learning from his family and later on seeing the potential in coffee. He bought his own farm in 1999 focusing on coffee.Over the years Mpalila has seen climate change really affect the coffee over the last couple of years. But for Mpalila coffee is his life and regardless of price and climate change he will continually grow coffee When I asked him what makes him happy, he told me after working on the farm for the whole year then seeing his coffee sell for a good price and seeing people value his work as a farmer makes him happy. Mpalila has a lot of respect for his father and grandfather when it comes to the production of coffee, as still follows some of the same methods he learned from them today.Mpalila has taken steps on the farms to combat climate change, by planting trees all over the farms, this was incredible to see some real focus on not only coffee but also a deep understanding of his responsibilities as a farmer to help combat climate change.Over the last 3 years, he has been focusing on improving the quality of coffee by improving the water quality and water distribution on the farm, Mpalila uses an old method of distributing water though out this farm by using water channels, he is able to get water to all of the trees without having to invest in pips for irrigation.