{"id":4589,"date":"2020-10-15T08:51:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T06:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ldc.com\/uy\/stories-insights\/empowering-women-coffee-farmers-in-ethiopia\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T17:29:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:29:34","slug":"empowering-women-coffee-farmers-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"stories-insight","link":"https:\/\/www.ldc.com\/uy\/en\/stories-insights\/empowering-women-coffee-farmers-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Women Coffee Farmers in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Toward greater resilience and food security through more sustainable agriculture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet despite being <\/em>the world’s fifth largest producer of coffee, and Africa’s top producer<\/a>, Ethiopia\u2019s agriculture suffers from unpredictable harvests and soil degradation caused by deforestation and climate change. In addition to these challenging conditions, the country\u2019s millions of primarily smallholder coffee farmers often live in poverty, lacking knowledge of sustainable agricultural practices and access to financing to grow their production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly three quarters of coffee workers in Ethiopia are women, yet less than half of them earn an income. And with the additional burden of daily housework, they have limited time and even less access to expertise, with leadership roles held mostly by men in farming communities. <\/p>\n\n\n

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To secure Ethiopia\u2019s supply of top quality coffee for the future, LDC has worked in partnership with Strauss Coffee<\/em><\/a> and PUR Projet<\/em><\/a> since 2019, to help farmers in the Sidama Region rise out of poverty, through training on good agricultural practices (GAPs). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are pleased to work in\ncollaboration with LDC to address the real needs of coffee farmers in Ethiopia.\nThis successful partnership led us to plan new projects together,<\/em> to continue\nsupporting smallholder farmers in the region,\u201d said Rafi\nCamhi, Business Operations & Performance\nExcellence Manager for Strauss Coffee<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to\ntraining on climate-efficient farm management, the project offers farmers the\nopportunity to work closely with agronomists to develop demonstration plots – fields\nwhere they practice the agricultural techniques they learn about. This helps\nthem see the tangible results of applying GAPs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo far 250 farmers have been trained through the\nproject, 15,000 coffee seedlings have been distributed among 250 farmers, and in\n2020, 500 farmers will be equipped with new farming tools such as scissors,\nsaws, etc.,<\/em>\u201d said Charlotte Guibbaud-Navaud, LDC\u2019s Coffee Sustainability\nManager for Africa and Asia.        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognizing that women are keen to develop their communities, but are at a\ndisadvantage due to cultural\ngender-segregation of tasks, the project\nalso aims to increase women\u2019s participation in Ethiopia\u2019s coffee farming\nindustry by making their farms more sustainable\nand profitable. Training therefore covers gender equality topics and the\nproject also works to simplify women\u2019s house chores by  building improved cook stoves with them.\nMaterials are sourced locally, and women earn additional income by building\nimproved cookstoves in farmers\u2019 houses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just started using the cookstove this year, and I am\nable to save some time, cooking and multi-tasking on different household\nactivities. Maybe with the time that I have now, I will go back to school or\nstart a small business,\u201d said Kebele Dila Gumba, one of the project\nbeneficiaries in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving forward, we will continue to work alongside Strauss Coffee<\/em><\/a> to improve the livelihoods of Ethiopian coffee farmers. Our four-year project plans to extend its support to women coffee farmers in Yirgacheffe, another region of Ethiopia, once activities can safely resume while respecting safety measures in place during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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