{"id":92851,"date":"2019-04-13T13:29:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T11:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/?post_type=partner&#038;p=92851"},"modified":"2023-07-26T17:25:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:25:28","slug":"ankole-cpcu","status":"publish","type":"partner","link":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/partners\/ankole-cpcu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ankole CPCU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solidarity among small-scale coffee farmers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ankole CPCU (short for Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union) <strong>brings together 20 cooperatives<\/strong> that produce fair-trade coffee. In total, these cooperatives represent around 14,500 farmers. They all work on a very <strong>small scale<\/strong>, each having about 0.4 hectares of land on average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ankole has grown significantly since its beginnings in 2006. Now the organisation exports <strong>more than 100 shipping containers of fair-trade-certified<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coffea_canephora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>robusta coffee<\/strong><\/a><strong> each year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Big on coffee\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Edoydx3owQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coffee that\u2019s worth more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ankole helps coffee farmers to <strong>earn more from what they produce<\/strong>. Each day the organisation works tirelessly at its ultimate objective: improving the <strong>living conditions<\/strong> of its members in a sustainable way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The secret to the Ankole coffee farmers\u2019 success:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Since 2014 Ankole has had <strong>its own factory<\/strong> for processing the dried coffee beans into <a href=\"http:\/\/oxfamwereldwinkels.be\/nieuws\/van-bes-tot-boon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">green (unroasted) coffee<\/a> <em>(info in Dutch)<\/em>. This keeps a larger part of the <strong>coffee production chain under its own control<\/strong> and means that the cooperative is no longer dependent on other companies for this. Now Ankole is better able to guarantee the quality of its robusta coffee. The producers paid for this factory largely thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamwereldwinkels.be\/watiseerlijkehandel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fair trade premium<\/a> <em>(info in Dutch)<\/em>.<\/li><li>In addition to coffee, the farmers also grow bananas, potatoes, yuca and corn. These crops are for the farmer\u2019s own use or for sale on the local market. In the latter case, the <strong>additional crops<\/strong> ensure that their income does not depend solely on the success of the coffee harvest.<\/li><li>Ankole also supports various <strong>social projects<\/strong> in the member cooperatives, such as projects relating to gender issues.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Ankole improves the living conditions of its members in a sustainable way by giving their coffee as much added value as possible.<\/p><cite>John Nuwagaba, General Manager at Ankole<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ankole &amp; Oxfam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Year after year, Ankole continues to <strong>produce quality, organic robusta coffee<\/strong>. Their coffee has been adding wallop to Oxfam\u2019s blends since 2011.<\/li><li>With the support of Oxfam\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamwereldwinkels.be\/partnerfonds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partner Fund<\/a> <em>(info in Dutch)<\/em>, Ankole has invested in <strong>coffee plant nurseries<\/strong>, which are shared out among its producers. This is necessary because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamwereldwinkels.be\/expertise\/koffie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change<\/a>\u00a0<em>(info in Dutch)<\/em> (droughts, unpredictable rainfall, etc.) makes the existing plants vulnerable to illness.<\/li><li>Since 2023, Ankole will start an HRDD project together with Oxfam Belgi\u00eb\/Belgique. This will better map local production conditions. This way, problems can be addressed in a targeted way. Even though being fair trade provides guarantees, Oxfam Fair Trade wants to go one step further.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solidarity among small-scale coffee farmers Ankole CPCU (short for Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union) brings together 20 cooperatives that produce fair-trade coffee. In total, these cooperatives represent around 14,500 farmers. They all work on a very small scale, each having about 0.4 hectares of land on average. Ankole has grown &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88848,"template":"","class_list":["post-92851","partner","type-partner","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"partner_bullet_points":[{"partner_bullet_point":"union of coffee cooperatives ensuring a better income for smallholders in Uganda"},{"partner_bullet_point":"prepares coffee for export in its own factory"},{"partner_bullet_point":"invests heavily in sustainable agriculture and social projects"},{"partner_bullet_point":"delivers green coffee to Oxfam Fair Trade"}],"partner_region":"Bushenyi, Uganda","partner_website":""},"partner_image":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/ankole-cpcu-oxfam-fair-trade-partner.jpg","partner_quote":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Ankole improves the living conditions of its members in a sustainable way by giving their coffee as much added value as possible.<\/p><cite>John Nuwagaba, General Manager at Ankole<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partners\/92851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partners"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/partner"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partners\/92851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97023,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partners\/92851\/revisions\/97023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}