Tag: Coffee Producers3
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CECOCAFEN
CECOCAFEN the Central Association of Northern Coffee Cooperatives was founded in 1997 with initial investments from their 500 producer members and financing support from international lending organizations in order to export their first containers. Today CECOCAFEN represents some 2600 farmer families in twelve community based cooperatives with more than 100 container loads of coffee exports per year.
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Gumutindo
Uganda
Gumutindo which translates to excellent coffee in the local Lugisu language is a second level Ugandan coffee cooperative founded in 2003. Located on the slopes of Mount Elgon in Eastern Uganda it markets the coffee of six smaller primary cooperatives directly to Fair Trade and organic buyers in Europe and North America. With Root Capital financing revenue has increased from $473 thousand to over $3 million with payments to producers more than doubling.
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Kilicafe
Kilicafe is an association comprised of more than 12000 small scale coffee farmers. The association provides marketing and export services to its members and also plays a vital role in helping its members obtain financing to improve the quality of their coffee. Because of this increase Kilicafe was able to shift its sales from local markets to higher priced export markets.
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