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.
Day In The Life Of A Coffee Farmer – Simon
It’s 4am. Many people in Mityana, Uganda are still in deep sleep. Many people, that is, except Simon Genza a young and enthusiastic coffee farmer. It is harvesting season and there is a lot to do. After saying his prayers and freshening up he revises his notes on...
Learnings, Findings, Outcomes: ICP Projects in Central America
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...
Coffee Cooperatives and Communities in ICP Projects in Central America
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...
Coffee Break Ep.5 – Youth in Uganda
Coffee Break Episode 5: Youth in Uganda Youth in UgandaWe invite you to take a Coffee Break with us! As a non-profit, here at International Coffee Partners (ICP) each ICP-shareholder has motivations and aims that we therefor jointly put into practice with our work in...
One Step Forward for Smallholder Coffee Farmers to Reach Consumers with roasted coffee
Farmers participating in the International Coffee Partners project in Ethiopia face equal challenges as those in other countries. But one thing is different: they are much more familiar to drinking coffee. Ethiopia has a well established tradition in celebrating a...
International Coffee Partners starts to work in Ethiopia
International Coffee Partners (ICP) recently extended its project work to Ethiopia. The “Coffee Alliances for Ethiopia” (CAFE) project is co-financed by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of Austrian Development Cooperation, and will increase...
Coffee Production with a Woman’s Touch
“Before, we women suffered a lot of machismo. Only the men could work. We couldn’t even leave the house. They would scold us for going out with the others to cut coffee.” Mariana Solis remembers her younger days with a retrospective disbelief. Even between her and her...
Proof in the Plants: Climate Adaptations and Sustainability in the Trifinio Region
“We thought we would be able to fight it, but we were wrong and now we know that. We’ve realized that there are varieties that at one time were resistant, but no longer are. One of those who taught us how to work with coffee in this area is the PROTCAFES Project.” In...
Indonesia: Diversifying to be ready for a hotter and more variable coffee climate
Ibu Wonten and Pak Suripto are a smallholder coffee-farming couple that lives in Bendeng Tiga Village in the Gunung Raya highlands of OKU Selatan Regency, Indonesia. They managed to diversify and enhance the climate-resilience of their coffee farm. As a couple they...
How Coffee Producers Benefit through ICP from a Focus on Quality
“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...