The challenges of coffee production in East Africa are high; Above all, the yield is low, i.e. a small amount of coffee berries per bush, uncertain incomes, small family farms and the fact that the women who work on the family's farms get very little recognition in terms of influence on how the family's money should be spent and when. Our training programme in sustainable coffee production "Coffee by Women", which we started with in Kenya in 2011, in Rwanda in 2015 and in Uganda in 2021, aims to make coffee production more profitable and inclusive so that growing coffee is interesting as a profession also in the future and that it is possible to make a living from one's coffee bushes.

In 2022, we entered into new cooperation agreements with Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. We have regular follow-up meetings with our partners to check that we are meeting and on the right track towards the goals and sub-goals we have set. One of our sub-goals is, among other things, that at least 30% of all those who receive training should be women, and also directly targeted training with a special focus on leadership. We also expect increases in the form of increased productivity and better qualities, which should be translated into direct increased income for coffee farmers.

WE EXPECT THE PROGRAM TO CONTRIBUTE TO:

- Improve Coffee Economics
- Contribute to making communities more resilient to the changes we are facing, including climate change (Make Communities More Resilient)
- Contribute to making surroundings/landscape more sustainably managed