EGO (MEANING “WE CAN GET THERE”)

THRIVING FARMERS’ PROSPERITY THROUGH ACCESS TO QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE MARKETS IN 4 REGIONS IN BURUNDI

  • Project Budget: € 25,000

  • Beneficiaries: 64 direct beneficiaries

  • Partners: 6

PURPOSE

  • Each region has at least an action-learning center to demonstrate environmental-friendly practices such as organic compost to replace chemical use
  • Building a coffee quality profile per region, linking it with its history and terroir, enabling long-term partnerships and differentiated coffee sales
  • The cooperatives combine at least two certifications
  • Training center at HORAMAMA coffee dry mill for good farming practices, coffee quality control and marketing

This project was possible thanks to the support of the King Baudouin Foundation, the DGD/ Enabel, COCOCA, Kampani, Broederlijk Delen and the EFICO Foundation and ran from January 2018 to December 2019.

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