Building Climate Resilience

Sustainable Coffee Futures: Building climate and value chain resilience in Cyato, Rwanda

Location: Rwanda

Date: July 2026 to June 2027

Partners: Tropic Coffee

Project Summary: Launched in July 2025, this project, funded by ADA as part of the SSNUP programme, will strengthen the sustainability of the coffee supply chain directly supporting 500 farmers in the Cyato sector in Rwanda.

Image: Farmers during an introductory session to Climate Smart Agriculture training.

Building Livelihood Resilience: Rwanda

Location: Rwanda

Timeline: January 2026 to March 2027

Participants: 700 coffee farmers

Partners: Simbi Coffee

Summary: Based in Rwanda, this 15-month project will directly benefit 700 small-scale coffee farmers by increasing their resilience to the impacts of climate change.

Image: Members of Simbi harvest coffee cherries.

Strengthening Organic Coffee Production: Uganda

Location: Uganda

Timeline: December 2025 to January 2027

Participants: 4,102 farmers

Partners: Bukonzo Organic Farmers Cooperative Union (Bukonzo)

Summary: Launched in December 2025, this project aims to increase coffee farmers’ access to liquid fertiliser in the Kasese region of western Uganda.

Image: Members of Bukonzo harvest coffee cherries.

Improving cocoa production in Côte d'Ivoire through the biological control of pests and diseases

Location: Côte d'Ivoire

Date: August 2024 to November 2025

Participants: 200 cocoa farmers from four cocoa co-operatives

Partners: University of Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan; Réseau Ivoirien du Commerce Equitable (RICE); University of Ghana Crop Science Department

Summary: In partnership with the Félix Houphouët-Boigny University in Abidjan and Côte d'Ivoire's dedicated fair trade network, 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 Côte d'Ivoire's largest cocoa producers.

Building 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.

Strengthening 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.

Ensuring 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.