Producer Training Project

Project Context

• Brazil is a specific case for renovation: about 50% of coffee is produced by large farmers who integrate R&R as part of their regular agricultural practices.
• Climate change associated to poor practices have been causing quality, productivity and economic issues to the whole supply chain and severe water issues.
• Over use or wrong use of inputs lead to input losses, high costs and socio-environmental impacts.
• Small and medium farmers not reaching the better markets, and reaching lower price market.

Objectives, Activities, and Results

• The overall purpose of the producer training project delivered by ACOB is to “innovate and promote sustainability in the coffee sector offering smart, low cost, clean, simple, innovative and efficient practices to producers”.
• ACOB trained 2705 coffee farmers on GAP, rehabilitation practices, coffee quality and group organization.153 training sessions were performed.
• Value creation: increased yields, reduced costs, added value to the coffee sold, improved livelihoods, reduced land degradation; coffee plots and coffee farms are more resilient to climate change.
• Value capture: the program finances a public good – finance providers do not directly capture the value created.