Building Climate Resilience
Climate change is directly affecting the producers we support in many ways, from increased pests and diseases reducing crop yield and quality, to droughts and floods devastating agricultural land.
Through our focus on climate resilience, we want to help farmers implement climate adaption and mitigation techniques, ensuring that even the most remote areas can thrive in the face of environmental challenges.
Our Building Climate Resilience projects in 2024
- 12,000 climate and disease resistant coffee seedlings were planted by 300 farmers.
- 11,500 agroforestry trees, including fruit trees, were planted by 510 farmers.
- 510 farmers were trained in agroforestry skills.
- 925 farmers (191 women) were trained in eco-friendly farming practices.
- 890 farmers are now producing their own organic compost following training.
Improving cocoa production in Ivory Coast through the biological control of pests and diseases
Location: Ivory Coast
Date: August 2024 to November 2025
Participants: 200 cocoa farmers from four cocoa co-operatives
Partners: University of Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan and Réseau Ivoirien du Commerce Equitable (RICE)
Summary: In partnership with the Félix Houphouët-Boigny University in Abidjan and the Ivorian Fair Trade Network (RICE), this innovative 18 month project aims to develop a cost-effective biopesticide to protect cocoa trees from pests and disease and increase cocoa production.
Image: The team behind the biopesticide development with ECOOKIM, a Shared Interest customer and one of Ivory Coast's largest cocoa producers.
View ProjectBuilding Climate Resilience through Agroforestry
Location: Kabwohe, Uganda
Date: April 2023 to March 2024
Participants: 300 farmer members
Partners: Banyankole Coffee Services
Summary: In April 2023, we launched a project in western Uganda to increase the climate resilience of coffee farmers through agroforestry. Working with local coffee co-operative Banyankole Coffee Services (BCS), this project is supporting 300 of their members (26% women).
Image: Justus Muhumuza, member of Banyankole Coffee Services.
View ProjectStrengthening Coffee Producers' Resilience to Climate Change
Location: Rwanda
Date: March 2022 to February 2024
Participants: 625 coffee farmers
Partners: Tropic Coffee
Summary: Working with Tropic Coffee, a Rwandan coffee co-operative, this two-year project, launched in February 2022, is supporting 625 coffee farmers (18% women) to enhance their coffee production while placing a strong emphasis on building resilience to climate change.
Image: Members of Tropic Coffee gather for a meeting on their farm in Rwanda.
View ProjectEnsuring Environmental protection and biodiversity conservation through income diversification
Location: Huánuco, Peru
Date: March 2022 to February 2023
Participants: 225 sphagnum moss harvesters
Partners: Inka Moss
Summary: In partnership with Inka Moss, this 12-month project aimed to support 225 harvesters from five communities in the Huánuco region of the Andean area, enabling them to increase their income through the sustainable harvesting of sphagnum moss.
Image: Sphagnum moss harvesters and members of Inka Moss.
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