Created in 1997, Cumbre del Sajama is a Bolivian organisation that helps cooperatives and mining communities. The organisation offers services for socio-economic development through its team of professionals who are experts in social, legal and environmental issues related to mining. These services are provided in order to promote corporate social responsibility. Through its activities, Cumbre del […]
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Traditional handicrafts are a source of income in many Latin American countries. Ayni Bolivia is a fair-trade organisation working with 250 families of artisan producers from all over Bolivia, developing their skills and abilities to create high-quality products. Since 2002, Ayni Bolivia of La Paz has specialised in selling traditional clothes and toys that have […]
Danyiwe est une coopérative féminine active dans le karité, composée de plus de 820 membres (productrices, collectrices), répartis en 18 groupements. Le but de la coopérative est de lutter contre la pauvreté des femmes en cherchant des marchés de manière collective, en se lançant dans la transformation des amandes de karité en beurre de qualité, en renforçant les capacités de production. […]
MEACCE is a farmers’ organisation that came into being in 2017 following the collapse of the Gumutindo Cooperative Union. The 3300 farmers growing coffee, banana and honey, located between 1300 and 2200 meters above sea level, mobilised and grouped together to register MEACCE in order to aggregate and export their coffee to fair trade markets. […]
Founded as a farmer-based community cooperative in 2012 and implemented in Bukoto village, Masaka district, Kabonera Sub County by Ugacof Limited and Agro Eco-Louis Bolk Institute of East Africa under the Progresso programme (registration No.9865/RCS). The organisation is part of the washed Robusta coffee project which aims to increase profitability from coffee production through collective marketing and bulking. The organisation now has 100 fully registered members who are the […]
Established in 2013, the Fairtrade certified cooperative located in Binyangabu District, Kabonero Sub County is made up of 757 coffee farmers (of which 18 are persons with disabilities, 252 are women and 236 are young adults). The coffee is carefully handpicked and processed at an altitude of up to 1990m, bringing out hints of caramel, chocolate, berry and forest fruit flavours. As a […]
Made up of 2,000 members and located in the Rwenzori Mountains of western Uganda, BOCU started in 2011 as a consortium of six NGOs which promoted organic agriculture in Bukonzo. Using the very successful micro-washing station model to promote traceability and increase farmers’ income, the consortium gradually turned into a cooperative and a coffee exporter. It even became a […]
BioUganda is a social company which guides 200 small, rural contracted farmers. The company holds organic and Fairtrade certificates based on small-holder group certification and an operational internal control system. Its current activities include production, processing and export of organic and fair trade fresh and dried exotic tropical fruits (Cayenne pineapple, hybrid purple passion fruits, bananas, jumbo avocado, dried papaya…). DIVERSIFICATION & […]
Au Burundi, Denise Nzeyimana et Adélard Nkeshimana dirigent IDEP, une entreprise productrice d’huile de tournesol. Depuis 2017, l’entreprise est coachée par le Trade Development Centre, un programme d’Enabel, l’Agence belge de développement. Retour sur une expérience entrepreneuriale et ses progrès impressionnants. Bienvenue à Bujumbura, capitale économique du Burundi. La ville située au bord du Lac […]
La Organisation de producteurs NKAMWA YACU est une organisation de caféiculteurs des collines de la commune de Butihinda dans la province de Muyinga, près de la frontière Tanzanienne. Elle a été créé le 15 janvier 2007 par des caféiculteurs afin de construire une station de lavage et de se doter d’une infrastructure pour transformer leur […]
