Central Coffee Cooperative Union – formed by DCCUs and PCCs at the national level.
CCCU collects parchments and green bean from DCCUs and some PCCs, and processes and sells it to national and international markets.
CCCU also provides DCCU, PCCs and farmers with technical and management support, and inputs.
CCCU is at the frontline in promoting coffee planting, production, processing, and sales to outside markets. We also provide immediate technical and financial support to coffee farmers.
District Coffee Collectives – formed at the district level.
District buy the parchment from PCCS and sells it to CCCU as parchment and green bean for further processing.
Primary Coffee Collectives – formed at the community level in the villages.
PCCs buy cherries from farmers in the villages, collect at pulping centre (washing station), do dry pulping, and prepare parchment.
At the national level, CCCU advises the government and the National Tea and Coffee Development Board of Nepal (NTCDB) and other stakeholders. We liaise with traders’ associations and the Chamber of Commerce on the internal control system.
CCCU is also responsible for organic production, quality, and Fairtrade issues. We monitor the market, coffee SMEs, manufacturers, and suppliers for quality control in collaboration with government agencies and the international coffee trade.
• Arabica green bean
• Arabica roasted
• Arabica ground
• Technical and management support to coffee cooperatives and farmers (trainings, input support, supervision, and consultation)
• Advocacy for cooperatives and coffee farmers
• Coffee processing
• Marketing and promotion in national and international markets
We support our farmers at a community level through several initiatives, including climate adaptation.
Nepali coffee farmers are already experiencing the effects of climate change in the last three years. In 2020, almost 25% coffee trees and seedlings were damaged due to unexpectedly cold conditions.
It is vital that we implement our adaptation plans before planting coffee.
Agriculture
Improved production crop diversification, harvesting, and price negotiation. We advise the NTCDB to fix the price of coffee each year to protect farmers from exploitation.
Monitoring
Monitor production, harvest recordings, pulped [processed] coffee, and storage.
Adaptation
Advise farmers to plant different varieties of shade trees in their gardens. Integrated coffee farming with fruit and fodder trees (e.g., ginger) for shade, and small-scale goat and chicken farming.
Gender equality
Support and promote 150 women in management positions and financial training.
Climate adaptation
Use drought tolerant varietals, shade, erosion control, and disaster preparation. We are also energy efficient, and reuse, recycle, and reduce waste where possible.
We ran a coffee production training programme in Lamjung, Suanja, and Kavre in 2021. The programme had the financial support of the Cooperative Department of Nepal.
Trained: 91 farming leaders, including 48 women, in 2021.
Result: 91 farming leaders increased their skill and knowledge on GAP while understanding poor farming practices for coffee.
Trained farmers can now guide the other farmers to improve coffee production.
Outcomes: Improved coffee quality and production.
