by Jesko Johannsen | Jul 8, 2020 | Africa, Brazil, Central America, Indonesia, News
International Coffee Partners (ICP) has released its Annual Report 2019. In the past year, ICP-projects reached almost 49,000 smallholder coffee farmer families in six regions around the globe. As a result of the projects, the average coffee production increased for...
by Jesko Johannsen | May 15, 2020 | Central America, COVID-19, Honduras
The Coronavirus puts high pressure upon the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmer families around the world. International Coffee Partners (ICP) reacted at a very early stage to the pandemic by informing coffee communities how to protect themselves but also by...
by Gabriela Tyggum | May 5, 2020 | Central America, Farmer Livelihoods, Projects, Testimonials
In Central America, International Coffee Partners (ICP) is implementing projects in the Trifinio Region, located in the tri-border are of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Together with our implementing partner, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) and other partners,...
by Gabriela Tyggum | Mar 10, 2020 | Central America, Farmer Livelihoods, Projects, Testimonials
The Trifinio Region is located in the tri-border area of three countries: Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. This region is ecologically unique and considered as one of the world’s hotspots in terms of biodiversity and coffee production. However, the sustainable...
by Livvy Runyon | Dec 15, 2019 | Central America, Gender, Projects
“Before, we women suffered a lot of machismo. Only the men could work. We couldn’t even leave the house. They would scold us for going out with the others to cut coffee.” Mariana Solis remembers her younger days with a retrospective disbelief. Even between her and her...
by Livvy Runyon | Nov 25, 2019 | Central America, Climate, El Salvador, Honduras
“We thought we would be able to fight it, but we were wrong and now we know that. We’ve realized that there are varieties that at one time were resistant, but no longer are. One of those who taught us how to work with coffee in this area is the PROTCAFES Project.” In...