by Anika Nicolaudius | Dec 1, 2022 | Africa, Central America, COVID-19, Farmer Livelihoods, News, Uganda
How did coffee farmers in Uganda and Central America cope with the COVID-19 pandemic? What helped them alleviate their situation? And how can they be prepared for future crises? This was the topic of the panel discussion “Stronger After the Crisis –...
by Anika Nicolaudius | Nov 16, 2022 | Africa, Central America, COVID-19, Farmer Livelihoods, News, Uganda
Join our online event! Giuseppe Lavazza, Vice Chairman of the Lavazza Group, Claudia Muñoz, Technical Coordinator at Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) Central America, and Victor Komakech, Regional Project Manager at HRNS Uganda were live on stage at the Terra Madre...
by Sarah Kenyi | Nov 1, 2021 | Climate Change Adaptation, Coffee Cooperatives, Farmer Livelihoods, Uganda
Coffee is a lucrative cash crop for smallholder farmers around the globe but the impacts of climate change remain a serious threat. The climate risks range from intense droughts to unpredictable rain patterns and their impacts are very problematic including increased...
by Sarah Kenyi | Oct 18, 2021 | 20 Years ICP, Farmer Livelihoods, Uganda
Paul Bhumba (47) and his wife Jane (37) are among 1.7 million Ugandan families who grow coffee as a key livelihood source. But for years, the full harvest potential of their 4-acre coffee farm has remained untapped. They would harvest about 2 bags (200kg) of coffee...
by Gabriela Tyggum | Jun 29, 2021 | 20 Years ICP, Farmer Livelihoods, Testimonials
Since 2001, International Coffee Partners (ICP) has worked to improve the livelihoods of 100,000 smallholder coffee farming families in 13 countries. To celebrate 20 years of hands-on smallholder family support, ICP asked smallholder coffee farming families to answer...
by Sarah Kenyi | Oct 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Farmer Livelihoods, Tanzania, Uganda
It was not too long ago that Teddy Nakyambadde, a young farmer from Mityana, Uganda, was struggling as a single mother to make ends meet and feed her young son. Today however, she is a dynamic agri-business woman growing and selling coffee, tomatoes, maize and beans...