In the dynamic landscape of fair trade and sustainable agriculture, Kanance Trading PLC stands out as a promising player. Rooted in the rich Bench Sheko region of Ethiopia, this social enterprise has quickly established itself as a leading specialty coffee exporter while actively committing to improving the livelihoods of over 1,000 smallholder farmers. To amplify […]
Sector: Café
Depuis près de huit ans, la coopérative agricole Yeyasso, située dans la région du Bafing en Côte d’Ivoire, collabore avec le Trade for Development Centre (TDC) d’Enabel. De la professionnalisation de sa gestion à l’autonomisation des femmes, en passant par le rêve audacieux d’une chocolaterie artisanale, retour sur le parcours d’une organisation qui porte bien […]
The Ethiopian Coffee Association (ECA), a cornerstone of Ethiopia’s coffee industry since 1969, has embarked on a vital project to enhance the livelihoods of female-headed farming households in the renowned Yirgachefe region. This initiative, supported by a grant from the Belgian development agency Enabel’s Trade for Development Centre (TDC), directly tackles one of the most […]
1. Presentation of LIFMCU Limu Inara Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Union (LIFMCU) was established in 2006 by 11 primary cooperatives representing 3,083 member farmers (2,359 men and 724 women). It is located in western Ethiopia, in the Oromia Regional State. Since its creation, the union has expanded significantly: it now brings together 126 primary cooperatives and […]
Présentation La Coopérative Agricole Tujenge Kivu, ou CAT Kivu, a son siège social à Bishange, dans la province du Nord-Kivu en République Démocratique Congo. CAT-Kivu est une jeune coopérative d’environ 3 ans d’existence, créée en août 2021 par des producteurs caféiculteurs de Bishange et alentours. Ces derniers ont en effet fait le constat amer de […]
Introduction African Women Agri-Business Network Uganda Ltd is a membership organisation that brings together women entrepreneurs in agri-food value chains. It was registered in 2004 by 6 women entrepreneurs but has since grown to over 250 members operating at different modes of agri-food value chains from all over Uganda. AWAN Uganda provides to its members […]
Made up of 10,044 smallholder expert coffee farmers, Gumutindo was created in 2000 by some of the basic cooperatives (primary societies), which emerged from the ruins of the older Ugandan cooperative system. Since the organisation is located on the slopes of Mount Elgon where the subtropical climate and the fertile volcanic soil is ideal for coffee production, it is […]
On the slopes of Mount Ndali, close to Rwanda and Congo, a British major developed Ndali Estate into a major tea plantation. In the 1970s, the estate was confiscated by Idi Amin Dada’s militia but was returned twenty years later to a grandniece who soon associated with the local farmers. 1,200 farmers joined forces in the Mubuku Vanilla Farmers Association (recently […]
Muungano, coopérative de producteurs de café, est implantée au sud de Goma, en direction de Bukavu. C’est la Région des Grands Lacs, et surtout celle du lac Kivu. Au moment de sa création en 2009, la coopérative voulait apporter deux grandes réponses à des problèmes vécus par les agriculteurs. D’abord, il fallait empêcher les producteurs de prendre […]
Formerly known as Nsangi Coffee Farmers Association (NCFA), CECOFA was founded in 2005 by a small group of entrepreneurial farmers and is now made up of 3,200 employees (of which 750 are women) within the districts of central Uganda. CECOFA AND THE NEXT GENERATION However, although the number of employees rose, ageing of the farming population is an […]
