Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/home/search/en/?q=coffee
Seeds for Progress Foundation’s mission is improving the access to high-quality education, a basic human right that contributes to social development and sustainable economic growth by creating opportunities to advance the quality of life, for thousands of students, hundreds of teachers and their families in the rural communities of Nicaragua’s and Guatemala’s coffee-growing regions.
Among the main partners are Mercon Coffee Group, AMERRA Capital, FMO, Tinker Foundation, Starbucks, J.M. Smuckers, Peet’s Coffee, illycaffé, Lavazza, Paulig, Caffe Nero, Macquarie, Rabobank Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Nicaragua, Embassy of Germany in Nicaragua, University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.
Currently serving over 4,700 students and 270 teachers, Seeds for Progress focuses on the field of education. They emphasize the development of life skills at the preschool, primary and secondary levels as well as technical training for adults. To achieve their goals in these educational areas, Seeds for Progress’ work includes three major components:
Seeds for Progress’ overall strategy of Integral Development through Education focuses on four educational levels:
Nicaragua and Guatemala. Education and health care in rural coffee communities
NKG BLOOM is the global sustainable-sourcing initiative of Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG), the world’s leading green coffee service group. It aims to positively impact smallholder coffee farmers’ livelihoods and to grow and strengthen NKG’s green coffee supply chains.
Mission: To positively advance coffee farming as a profitable business by focusing on coffee smallholders (maximum 30 hectares of planted coffee), providing farmers with access to needed services, and creating traceable and transparent supply chains through the day-to-day operations
of NKG export companies
Goal: To reach 300,000 coffee-farming families in 10 countries by 2030 with services that enable them to run their farms at full potential and meaningfully improve their livelihoods.
IDH the sustainable trade initiative, Rabobank, BNP Paribas, ABN AMRO, USAID, Mastercard Foundation, Mastercard Inc, Yara, IPC, NewForesight, Field Buzz.
Enabling farmers to realize their full potential: technical assistance, financing, market access, information services, high quality inputs, renovation, infrastructure
Inclusive sustainability: working with farmers to meet social and environmental standards
Transparency and traceability: track records for farmers, efficient management of the Farmer Services Unit and a roaster interface to link coffee deliveries with work in origin
Signature projects/tools:
https://nkgbloom.coffee/, https://uganda.nkgbloom.coffee/
Uganda: Provision of high-quality fertilizer, mobile money advances and payments, financial literacy and Good Agricultural Practices training
Kenya: IT system for cooperatives’ management, working capital and longer-term financing, technicians at cooperatives, provision of high-quality inputs, infrastructure investments.
Mexico: Provision of high-quality inputs, long-term financing, technical assistance, seedling and renovation, digital payments.
Honduras: Long-term financing, provision of high-quality inputs, technical assistance, seedlings, infrastructure support
More countries will start in the upcoming years.
As one of the world’s largest green coffee buyers, Strauss Group’s Coffee Division launched the More than a Cup (MTAC) initiative in 2016 as a strategic commitment. The aim of the program is to support women-led coffee farms and / or cooperatives with the aim to create maximum tangible and measurable benefits for the most marginalized coffee producers. By enhancing the capabilities of coffee growers’ communities, especially local women coffee growers, we help develop women’s skills and contribute to local prosperity, project by project.
Strauss Group is acting as donor and has several collaborations with local partners in coffee origin countries.
Currently, the MTAC initiative includes 10 different projects, supporting coffee growers’ communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. All projects operate through direct partnerships and invest in individual long-term projects, which consider the very specific need of each group of producers. By now the projects reached over 13’000 households and farms.
Below an overview of the current projects and activities:
Strauss Group’s Coffee Division is currently running six projects in Africa, three in Central- and South America and one in Asia.
Mercon Coffee Group is a purpose-led global green coffee supplier with Origin companies in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil and Vietnam.
LIFT is Mercon’s farmers multi-services delivery platform to improve the sustainable wellbeing of coffee farmers. With the LIFT Program, farmers improve their performance on productivity, quality, socio-environmental practices, including climate smart practices. The impact is monitored through a LIFT Index, the weighted index based on a set of KPIs. Farms, mainly smallholders, enrolling into the program receive individual farm improvement plans based on their baseline. Farms receive technical assistance and extension services, certification services. In addition to that LIFT farmers in Nicaragua also receive planting material and short and long-term credit.
Among the main supply chain partners are Mercon, Paulig, illycaffé, Lavazza, Peets, S&D, J.M. Smuckers, Caffe Nero, Reily, Lofbergs, Ronnoco. The improvement of the LIFT Index and the growth of the LIFT program are third-party verified targets for the Sustainability-linked revolving credit facility of Mercon Coffee Group, the first of its kind in the coffee sector, led by the Sustainability coordinators, Rabobank and ING.
LIFT is currently serving over 3,000 farms with more than 80 agronomists in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil and Vietnam. Farms, mainly smallholders, enrolling into the program receive individual farm improvement plans based on their baseline. Farms receive technical assistance and extension services, certification services. In addition to that LIFT farmers in Nicaragua also receive planting material and short and long-term credit.
The LIFT platform provides meaningful interconnected services to farmers to add value to their livelihoods. LIFT is a fully digitalized program thanks to the use of mobile technology. Data collection is done online and offline by the LIFT agronomists. Data are analyzed with a BI tool to create insights. In addition to that, data and insights about the LIFT farms and the households are transparently shared to supporting partners via a LIFT App to generate value to the industry through consumers engagement.
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil and Vietnam. Farmers profitability and adoption of best socio-environmental practices.
In 2004, in order to coordinate, manage and effectively implement economic, social and environmental sustainability projects in coffee growing countries, Lavazza Company established the non-profit Giuseppe and Pericle Lavazza Foundation. Ever since, the Foundation has been promoting and financing a wide range of sustainability projects in coffee-producing countries, in some cases on its own and in others through public and private partnerships.
Lavazza Foundation implements projects with different approaches: direct projects where Lavazza Foundation operates as the unique donor (e.g. Tierra Project implemented by HRNS); projects in pre-competitive partnership co-financed by other roasters or traders (ICP, C&C); projects in partnership with suppliers (Sucafina, LDC); projects in partnership with NGOs (Oxfam, Save the Children).
The main areas of work to achieve the Foundation’s objectives are spreading good agricultural practices that promote greater coffee quality and respect for the environment, supporting coffee producers to allow them to set up and manage their own organizations: such as associations, cooperatives or companies. Promoting gender equality within families and communities; enhancing the work of the younger generations, through training programs that motivate them not to abandon the production lands and become coffee entrepreneurs; promoting the diversification of production by ensuring food security; supporting reforestation, spreading agricultural techniques that allow producers to respond effectively to the effects of climate change. Introducing a technological component to support coffee cultivation techniques.
24 projects in 17 countries impacted on more than 97.000 beneficiaries.
ICP project Brazil: https://www.coffee-partners.org/our-regions/brazil/;
Guatemala/Honduras/El Salvador ICP Trifinio: https://www.coffee-partners.org/our-regions/trifinio/;
Colombia technology transformation:https://makaia.org/en/projects/technology-for-social-change/technology-transformation-improving-the-lives-of-colombian-coffee-growers/
India:https://www.lavazza.com/en/sustainability/our-commitment/save-the-children.html; Uganda: https://www.coffee-partners.org/our-regions/uganda/
Ethiopia: https://www.hrnstiftung.org/project/iki/;
Peru: https://www.cesvi.eu/what-we-do/environment-and-sustainable-development/biodiversity-in-amazonia/
Lavazza Foundation implements many other projects not mentioned in the list. Further projects are available on the website indicated above.
Lavazza Foundation works in three main world areas:
The Kahawatu Foundation aims at sustainably impacting the lives of 400,000 growers in East Africa by 2025, while continuously improving environmental standards. The Kahawatu Foundation promotes proud and resilient rural communities, improved farm economics for smallholders, as well as sustainably managed landscapes. In addition, the Foundation works towards achieving environmentally and socially compliant supply chains and working conditions through socially approved community programmes.
The Kahawatu Foundation is partnering with Sucafina, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the International Trade Center (ITC), Nestlé/Zoegas, Illy Caffè, the Lavazza Foundation and the Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria (ICU).
The Kahawatu Foundation’s activities focus on enabling smallholder coffee farmers, both men and women, to increase productivity and optimize income via improved technical skills, access to agricultural inputs and to markets. They enforce a holistic approach which empower the entire household and protects soils, water and ecosystems. They do organise monitoring, evaluation and learning activities. They do also deliver trainings and capacity building programmes. The Kahawatu Foundation supports coffee households through empowerment and improvement of the resilience of the farmers, productivity and of coffee quality. The programmes are not generic in design; they are based on the needs and conditions of the location where they are implemented. The Foundation also encourage better farm management practices, sustainable farming practices and climate resilience.
Burundi: Good Agricultural Practices – Access to inputs – Climate change – Standards/Certification – Farmer organisation management – Producer country policy
Ethiopia: Good Agricultural Practices – Access to inputs – Climate change – Standards/Certification – Farmer organisation management – Producer country policy
Kenya: Good Agricultural Practices – Access to inputs – Climate change – Standards/Certification – Farmer organisation management – Producer country policy
Rwanda: Good Agricultural Practices – Access to inputs – Climate change – Standards/Certification – Farmer organisation management – Producer country policy
Uganda: Good Agricultural Practices – Access to inputs – Climate change – Standards/Certification – Farmer organisation management – Producer country policy
Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) is a private non-profit foundation and managed philanthropy established in 2005 by the family of Michael R. Neumann. The foundation continues work that was started in 1991 under the company Embden, Drishaus & Epping Consulting that today forms part of HRNS’ equity.
HRNS aims at improving the social and economic situation of smallholder families in tropical countries, protecting the environment, and promoting the perspectives of youth. The foundation realizes its objectives as implementer and sometimes also as co-sponsor through practical interventions in the form of projects, programs, and other suitable measures in the areas of agriculture, farm management, youth, gender equality, climate, and organizational development. HRNS also engages in partnerships, cooperates with like-minded partners from the public and private sectors, and shares experiences and motivation with third parties to create synergies and to benefit from each other’s knowledge.
Although HRNS is financially independent, it has a wide range of funding and cooperation partners from the private and public sector including family owned and ethically responsible companies, private foundations, development- and government organizations. The complete list is available here: https://www.hrnstiftung.org/our-partnerships/
HRNS supports smallholder families through a holistic approach to improve their livelihood situation by raising income and strengthening their competitive position. Emphasizing on coffee as a starting point of work, HRNS usually addresses the entire production system, farm and household management as much as organizational development and the adaptation to climate change. HRNS fosters gender equality for supporting joint decision-making and empowering women as members and leaders in farmer organizations. HRNS also seeks to unlock the potentials of the young generations to gain better perspectives in their lives and, by becoming responsible members of local societies, to contribute to shape rural areas and coffee landscapes of the future.
Brazil: Gender, youth & indigenous peoples – Climate change – Forest conservation & restoration – Technical assistance – Renovation – Access to inputs – Access to finance
Ethiopia: Gender, youth & indigenous peoples – Climate change – Forest conservation & restoration – Technical assistance – Renovation – Access to inputs – Access to finance
Guatemala: Gender, youth & indigenous peoples – Climate change – Forest conservation & restoration – Technical assistance – Renovation – Access to inputs – Access to finance
Honduras: Gender, youth & indigenous peoples – Climate change – Forest conservation & restoration – Technical assistance – Renovation – Access to inputs – Access to finance
Indonesia: Gender, youth & indigenous peoples – Climate change – Forest conservation & restoration – Technical assistance – Renovation – Access to inputs – Access to finance
Tanzania: Gender, youth & indigenous peoples – Climate change – Forest conservation & restoration – Technical assistance – Renovation – Access to inputs – Access to finance
Uganda: Gender, youth & indigenous peoples – Climate change – Forest conservation & restoration – Technical assistance – Renovation – Access to inputs – Access to finance
Enveritas aims to overcoming systemic barriers that are preventing sustainability solutions for smallholder farmers. They have harnessed the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence to reduce cost and fraud in sustainability audits. This allows them to conduct sustainability assurance at a scale that has not been possible before and for this service to be provided free to farmers. To date, they have conducted over 300,000 in-person farmer interviews.
At scale, Enveritas can generate resources to address solutions for farmers and the environment, such as targeted remediation projects, accurate assessments of GHG footprints and precision identification of deforestation. At this point, Enveritas has expanded into 26 coffee origin countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and is working with three of the top five coffee companies in the world. They have also begun work on cocoa, with full coverage of Ivory Coast and an expansion into Latin America cocoa planned in 2022.
Enveritas has several industry partners (JDE, Nestlé, Peets) and receives philanthropic support from some industry-linked foundations (Jacobs, Benckiser).
Enveritas focuses on data collection activities in major coffee and cocoa production countries, as well as on at-scale interventions enabled by technological innovation (A.I., deep learning, data analytics, mobile payments).
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