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 […]
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Physalis or Inca berries from Peru The bright orange berries with their papery sepals known as physalis or Inca berry not only look great, they are also full of antioxidants and vitamins. The fruit is consumed mostly locally, but it has also attracted interest in the North. In Peru’s highlands a variety is cultivated with an exceptional sour-sweet […]
COPRONOS (COopérative des PROducteurs de Noix et Oléagineux de Samogohiri) est née suite à la dislocation d’une coopérative certifiée Fairtrade couvrant plusieurs villages du Sud du Burkina et dont certains producteurs de Samogihiri, (village situé à 105 km au sud de Bobo-Dioulasso), étaient membres. Créée en 2014, la coopérative compte aujourd’hui 585 membres, dont 424 hommes et 161 femmes. […]
La Fondation de l’Université d’Abomey-Calavi (FUAC) a été créée en 2015 et a pour mission de réaliser des œuvres d’intérêt général à but non lucratif dans les domaines de l’insertion professionnelle des jeunes diplômés des universités, de l’innovation technologique et de la promotion des infrastructures universitaires. L’un des programmes phares de la FUAC est le Programme d’Incubateurs […]
FAKO est une microentreprise en plein essor créée en 2007 par la jeune entrepreneure Colette Yehouenou, qui lui a donné le nom de Fako (Désaltère-toi !). Dans son garage, ainsi que dans la cour de sa maison et dans un petit atelier, une vingtaine de collaborateurs (saisonniers) transforment manuellement des fruits et des légumes en jus et sauces. La […]
In the remote Busia district, in eastern Uganda, more than 600 farmers try to complement their scarce incomes with gold exploitation. However, on top of the environmental costs caused by open mining, workers struggle to make end meats due to the untrustworthy middlemen they have to deal with. Eventually, the gold ends up with a distant buyer who can set the prices […]
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 […]
Located in Kampala, Easy Afric Designs Ltd. (EAD) was created in 2001 by Sarah Nakisanze, an industrial artist and teacher. With her passion for artistic creation, she sought to build an artisanal network and translate creations into industrials products for all. This led her research on the rejuvenation of the Ugandan barkcloth – a world heritage fabric (UNESCO 2005) – through art and craft productions. Following that research, she […]
Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute (VIRI) was created in 1997 as a leading non-governmental organisation established by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam to support the sustainable development of rural industries in Vietnam. Since 2009, it has been WFTO certified. The organisation aims to localise fair trade through a network of local buyers to create […]
Vietnam Ecological Linkage Company Limited (Ecolink Co. Ltd.) has been a pioneer of organic agriculture and fair trade in Vietnam since 2004. With support from its parent company (Hiep Thanh Co. Ltd.) and a partner development organisation (SADAS), Ecolink has developed several organic fair trade products (which have been certified for export to the EU/America), as well as other organic vegetables. Ecolink has reliable partners in the EU for the import of organic fair trade tea and ginger from Vietnam, and a growing […]
