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.
What Smallholders Recommend on 20 Years of ICP
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...
Celebrating 20 Years of ICP: The importance of humanistic values and entrepreneurship in smallholder coffee farmer support
Climate change, a pandemic, less interest of youth in agriculture – numerous challenges are threatening our daily cup of coffee. And more importantly: They are constantly looming over those families who grow and harvest the beans that give us our morning energy boost....
20 Years of Impact: ICP’s work with coffee farmers in 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...
20 Years of ICP – Digital Celebration Now Online!
ICP’s vision to improve the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farming families has become more relevant than ever. On Tuesday, June 15th our online celebration and panel discussion “Focus on People! How the coffee sector can ensure smallholder families’ livelihoods”...
ICP-Event: Focus on People! How the coffee sector can ensure smallholder families’ livelihoods.
We cordially invite you to participate in the celebration of 20 Years of International Coffee Partners (ICP). ICP's vision to improve the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farming families has become more relevant than ever. Join us on Tuesday, June 15th at 10 am CEST...
International Coffee Partners: 20 years of hands-on support for smallholder coffee farmers
Back in 2001 during the devastating coffee crisis that led to severe hardships for coffee communities and millions of smallholder coffee farmers a select group of dedicated coffee companies decided to cooperate and join forces for fostering effective solutions that...
20 years of impact: What International Coffee Partners (ICP) achieved
ICP’s work is about people. Smallholder coffee farming families that prosper, become more competitive and increase sustainable production. To achieve this, ICP implements innovative project work on gender, youth, family business, farmer organizations and the promotion...
20 Years ICP: About the Relevance of Collaboration in the Coffee Sector
International Coffee Partners (ICP) was founded in 2001 by dedicated coffee companies to address the challenges of smallholder coffee farming families together. Now, 20 years later, dedication and joint activities remain important to ICP Shareholders. But...
Addressing Impacts of Climate Change on Coffee in a Pre-Competitive Manner
As founding members of the initiative for coffee&climate (c&c), we at International Coffee Partners (ICP) believe in pre-competitive collaboration to address the challenges of climate change on coffee production. Climate change is a global challenge and...
20 years ICP: A pre-competitive approach to coffee sustainability
At the beginning of International Coffee Partners (ICP) stands the idea that, if everyone in coffee sustainability is working alone, not enough can be achieved for smallholder coffee farming families. Only together things can be changed systematically and with a...