by Andreína Parés | Jul 5, 2022 | Tanzania
ICP works with smallholder coffee farming families and their communities in coffee-growing regions. Our goal is a more prosperous future for them. And it is also to share experiences and knowledge and to raise awareness of the farmers’ challenges. The author of this...
by Sarah Kenyi | May 30, 2022 | Coffee Cooperatives, Gender, Tanzania
If you have ever enjoyed a morning cup of coffee from Tanzania, you probably have a village to thank for helping you start your day on a good note. ICP strengthens coffee farmer organizations here to operate as professional enterprises and improve their services to...
by Jesko Johannsen | Jul 21, 2021 | 20 Years ICP, Africa, Brazil, Central America, COVID-19, Ethiopia, Honduras, Indonesia, Tanzania, Uganda
International Coffee Partners (ICP) urges to be prepared for post-COVID-19 support for smallholder coffee farming families and their production. Giuseppe Lavazza, Vice-Chairman of Lavazza Group, Italy, and one of the ICP shareholders says: “We really need to be very...
by Sarah Kenyi | Jun 25, 2021 | 20 Years ICP, Tanzania
Meet Emil Augustino Mzumbwe, a coffee farmer from Mbeya, South Tanzania. Like many farmers in his village, Emil grew up in poverty with minimal education. In the ‘80s, he inherited his father’s coffee farm which was one of Emil’s main sources of income when he married...
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...
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...