Dukunde kawa cooperative or the perfect example of a committed cooperative! Created in 2004, it brings together more than 1,100 farmers.

Preserving the environment and water is reflected in every nook.
Water is reprocessed, waste is minimized then sorted and the planting of shade trees is encouraged. The cooperative encourages farmers to reforest their plots. When the farmer comes to get a coffee plant from the coop, he also get a young plant of a shade tree. If a shade tree is planted for each coffee tree, the coffee production areas will soon be reforested.

The incomes of the farmers are diversified.
The women make local crafts when the harvests are finished. There is also a financial assistance system with the creation of a “Farmers saving account?, the possibility of taking out a small loan at low interest rate with the cooperative. Do you know the Musasa Milk project? The cooperative has offered each woman farmer a cow to fertilise the fields but also to diversify their income with the sale of fresh milk…

Organic, fairtrade and rainforest certifications have helped to invest in cutting-edge production equipment.
The cooperative has built a state-of-the-art dry mill and a cupping room.

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