Field Notes
Follow along as we report from the field with first-hand insights into the farmers who participate in our projects, their families and communities and our partners who join us in making a lasting impact.
“If you want to go far, go together”
How does ICP maximize the impact of its work? It is a simple answer that however requires constant endeavor: Building partnerships. Michael Opitz is Managing Director of ICP’s implementing partner Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS). When he speaks about partnerships, he...
It Takes a Village to Make a Cup of Coffee
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...
Fighting the Effects of Climate Change through a United Coffee Sector
Extreme droughts, heavy rainfalls, hailstorms, pests and diseases and climate change associated impacts such as an increasing gender gap and exacerbated poverty: People in tropical regions are the ones who suffer most from climate change. Within the coffee sector,...
Success on the horizon for Ugandan Cooperatives
In Ugandan smallholder coffee farmer communities, Farmer Organizations, also known as Cooperatives, have proven effective in increasing families’ household income through better market access and better prices. They also play a key role in building coffee farmers’...
The role of Cooperatives in climate change adaptation
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...
Teachers become exemplary farm entrepreneurs: ICP’s impact in 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...
ICP releases Annual Report 2020
The International Coffee Partners (ICP) Annual Report 2020 has been released. While we all struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic, ICP-projects could still reach almost 28,000 smallholder coffee farmer families in 2020 in six regions around the globe with to the...
International Coffee Partners: COVID-19 reveals importance to support smallholder families beyond coffee
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...
ICP supports 2,400 smallholder families after Hurricanes Iota and Eta
As a response to the devastating impact of Hurricanes Iota and Eta in Central America last November, International Coffee Partners (ICP) provided 40,000 EUR as an emergency relief fund. The funding is assisting affected families in the Western parts of Guatemala and...
20 Years ICP: Main takeaways from online celebration
International Coffee Partners (ICP) was founded in 2001 by dedicated coffee companies to address the challenges of smallholder coffee farming families together. Celebrating 20 years of ICP, representatives of the coffee companies came together to both look back and to...