In May 2018, EU CAN AID AISBL granted a generous grant of 6700 Euros to the Grenier Association for Integrated Development for the realization of its project entitled Project 2017/117-DR Congo-GDIBU-Coffee Treatment for the benefit of farmers’ coffee growers. Mazigiro sub-group, Walungu Territory, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Started in June 2018, project implementation activities are completed and the first batch of coffee processed by the project scored 85.5% during the Let’s Talk Coffee event which took place in Kigali from June 17th to 19th. 2019.
With the improvement of the facilities, the application of the good agricultural practices in coffee and the respect of the standards on the coffees merchants of specialty, the objective is to realize a score of 90% and to triple the income of the farmer for each kg of coffee sold in 2020.
Coffee is one of the flagship products of fair trade, the most exported product after oil and publicly traded in international markets. However, few small producers in developing countries, especially in the DRC, benefit from a fair price, free from jolts of world prices of commercial products. The project that has just taken the first step is aligned with the principles of fair trade which has two objectives:
- Create and foster conditions that enable farmers in poor countries to develop profitable and sustainable economic activity themselves,
- Awaken consumers to the power of their economic power as buyers so that they can be actors of a global economic alternative promoting sustainable development, ethics, respect for these farmers, North-South dialogue. (Jean Renaudineau, 2007)
You can view or print the year 1 report here:
You can view the accessible version here:
http://www.gdi-rdc.org/2019/11/16/traitement-du-cafe-rapport-final/