BOOST FOR SMALL SCALE FARMER

Mr. Kimani, our pioneer partner farmer in Kenya, Kiambu county examines his bumper coffee harvest in the month of December 2016.  Three – 3  months earlier, Connect Coffee Roasters engaged him on a  2 (two ) season partnership to improve coffee production. Being a small scale farmer of relatively an acre piece of land, challenges were many :  Inadequate access to finance, insufficient farm inputs, poor post harvest practices & lack of access to market with better prices.

“ Coffee farming has generally improved and the harvest is much better than other years. I enjoy an increase in coffee yield by an average of 10KG per tree compared to 6 – 8 kg per tree harvested earlier  . The support , lessons & experience from Connect coffee company was instrumental & has made me  a better farmer . ” Mr. Kimani – Partner Farmer.

 

Mr. Kimani is empowered with agronomic skills in better coffee management, improved productivity realized from  financial support in the purchase of farm manure & fertilizers while enjoying additional income from better sales .

At Connect Coffee we believe in value of connection. We engage, equip and grow with key stakeholders across coffee value chain starting from the farmers:  Our support focuses on :

• Training programs.
• Support farm inputs/
• Upgrade pulping stationsto minimize post harvest damage.
• Purchase specialty coffee at premium prices.We hope to scale out the seed to cup project to more small holder coffee farmers.

 

Now you can order & enjoy Mr. Kimani single origin coffee from Kenya.