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 Gabriela Tyggum | Feb 24, 2020 | Farmer Livelihoods, Honduras, Projects
Since 2009, International Coffee Partners (ICP) has worked with several communities and coffee organizations throughout the Trifinio Region of Central America. Located in the trip-border area of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, coffee is the main cash crop for...
by Livvy Runyon | Oct 11, 2019 | Central America, El Salvador, Farmer Livelihoods, Projects
“When we first started in 2008, we didn’t even know what kind of coffee we were drinking.” Not so long ago, coffee producer Carlos Murcia and his family from El Salvador, La Palma, El Tunel couldn’t tell you what type of coffee they were growing. Much less what kind...
by Aaron Scheuerman | Sep 9, 2019 | Brazil, Day in the Life, Farmer Livelihoods
Day in the Life of A Coffee Farmer – Gean The moon spotlights the century-old abandoned church that sits on Gean Gomes Ferreira’s (32 years) coffee farm in the mountains of Manhuaçu, Brazil. It’s 6 am and across from the church lives Gean in his modest...
by Aaron Scheuerman | Dec 17, 2018 | Africa, Farmer Livelihoods, Tanzania, Testimonials
International Coffee Partners is strongly engaged in strengthening the position of smallholder coffee farmers in Tanzania. Jimmy Kalonga from Izumbwe Vilagge, Southwest Tanzania, was one of the first to join. In Mbeya Rural, Igale Ward lives Jimmy Kalonga, a coffee...