Coffee and agroforestry alliance (re)generates impact for post-conflict farmers in Colombia

Two years ago, we reported on a project that is changing the landscape for farmers in a region of Colombia once ravaged by conflict. Along with the Lavazza Foundation, the Carcafe Foundation – set up by Volcafe’s Colombian company, Carcafe – has been a key implementing partner in the project since its start in 2016. We are pleased to share an update on the progress of this project over the past few years, as new learnings and additional partners contributed to deepened impact.

Initially, the Tierra project involved 100 coffee farmers who, while building up their coffee farms after transitioning away from other crops (often coca), were also establishing biological corridors that helped conserve nature in a delicate ecosystem between two national parks, the Sumapaz Moor and La Macarena. The German development agency GIZ joined as a partner in 2021, under the auspices of its wide-ranging INCAS Global + programme, with support from BMZ, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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