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C.A.C. Chirinos
Peru
C.A.C. Chirinos coffee cooperative provides top notch services to its members in the Cajamarca region of Peru and premium coffee to specialty buyers in the United States and Europe. Confronted with challenges like climate change and market volatility C.A.C. Chirinos has taken many proactive measures to ensure the continued resilience productivity and profitability of its 600 members.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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Consorcio Agro-artesanal Dulce Orgánico (CADO)
EC
Consorcio Agro artesanal Dulce Organico (CADO) is a cooperative of small scale sugarcane growers in the Ecuadoran Andean region that distills organic alcohol from sugarcane for use in perfumes soaps and other cosmetics. Through a combination of environment friendly farming gender inclusive membership practices and positive social impact CADO and its president Cecilia Arcos attracted the attention of international buyers like Dr. Bronner's and The Body Shop. With these valuable market connections support from local NGOs and Root Capital financing CADO has become the first ever exporter of fair trade and organic certified alcohol and has seen its sales volume nearly triple in the last two years.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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COOPCAB
Haiti
COOPCAB a Fair Trade coffee cooperative is located in the mountainous village of Thiotte in southeast Haiti an area of extreme poverty. In a country where less than 1.5 percent of the land is forested COOPCAB operates in one of Haiti s few remaining tracts of rainforest. Through its reforestation program and purchase of fairly priced specialty coffee COOPCAB provides a powerful link between environmental conservation and economic benefit for its 5000 producer members.
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Cooperativa Multisectorial Productores de Café Organico de Matagalpa (COOMPROCOM)
Nicaragua
Founded in 2002 Cooperativa Multisectorial Productores de Cafe Organico de Matagalpa (COOMPROCOM) has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years exceeding even its own growth and export projections. In Nicaragua where an estimated 95% of coffee farmers are small scale producers COOMPROCOM has helped its 250 members in the northern part of the country secure premium prices for their high quality coffee.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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Copiasuro
Copiasuro is an association of fair trade honey producers located in the highlands of Guatemala. One of the first participants in Root Capital s financial training program Copiasuro has enjoyed a growth in volume sales and community impact in recent years. Today the cooperative boasts a membership of 175 beekeepers who manage on average more than 75 beehives each.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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Fruiteq
Burkina Faso
Fruiteq a private export company founded in 2005 buys organic and Fair Trade fresh mangoes from more than 500 small scale producers to whom they provide technical training and financial support. Fruiteq is located in Burkina Faso a landlocked West African nation where more than 70 percent of the population lives on less than $2 per day. Root Capital financing has enabled Fruiteq to expand its supplier base fulfill orders and provide much needed income in an impoverished nation.rn
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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Produits du Sud
Produits du Sud is a Malian company that works with rural farmers to harvest and sell valuable resins from indigenous Gum Arabic and Gum Karaya trees. The business has been extremely successful and European demand for the products is high. Resin harvesting also offers the benefits of reforestation and the diminished removal of trees.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |