Contributions to social goals

• Increased productivity

• Increased price thanks to higher quality and traceability

• Revenue diversification (timber, honey and carbon)

• Land use transition to sustainable agroforestry systems with a strong focus on diversification
  (inclusion of food crops)

• Technical assistance to promote climate-smart agricultural practices

• Both women and men will have equal access to project activities and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making

• Fairtrade certification includes coop governance programs and activities to promote gender equality

Contributions to economic goals

• Each project creates about 50 new jobs

• Cooperatives’ increased revenues also enhance their ability to create and sustain jobs

• Each project includes implementation of infrastructure (e.g. coffee mills, collection centers, compost plants)

• Cooperatives get access to credit to support their development

• Patient micro-credit for land use transition

• Coffee dry mills and other infrastructures improve quality and traceability, reduce transportation costs and therefore increase margins obtained by cooperatives and producers 

Contributions to environmental goals

• Implementation of agroforestry systems reduces needs for irrigation and agricultural inputs

• Increased traceability

• Support of cooperatives with organic and Fairtrade certifications

• Implementation of agroforestry systems

• Forest conservation and avoided deforestation

• Coffee plantation renovation 

• Transition to agroforestry systems with diversified native species

• Forest conservation and avoided deforestation