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CPNCK is a cooperative producing 100% organic and fair trade Arabica coffee, offering high-quality gourmet coffee. It is one of two Congolese cooperatives selling to Ethiquable, with whom it has been working since 2018. CPNCK sources coffee cherries from more than 2,000 producers in South Kivu, on the island of Idjwi on the border with Rwanda, at an altitude of between 1,400 and 1,800 metres. The cooperative processes the cherries into parchment and then green coffee in Goma before exporting 95% of its production to Europe at fairly high prices.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the second largest country in Africa. The vastness of the Congolese territory makes it difficult to control, especially given that resources are limited and infrastructure, particularly transport infrastructure, is structurally deficient. The country is also deeply scarred by the civil war in Kivu, which has been the scene of armed conflict since 2004. Yet Kivu’s agriculture is one of the most dynamic in the country, particularly in the coffee sector, but also in food crops, with a complex combination of crops and small-scale livestock farming.
The cooperative, which has been operating in the area since 2012, has had a significant impact, both through its democratic governance and through the sharing of added value via fair premiums and, finally, through the strong development of agroecology. Ongoing technical support will help to accentuate these impacts.
