Nicaraguan Platform for Sustainable Coffee
In Nicaragua coffee is a sector with a high potential to contribute in the decrease of poverty and improve the economic development. However, to take advantage of that potential it requires transformations to face the great challenges that are looming towards the future: productivity, adaptation to the climate changes, that includes diseases and plague control and access to worldwide markets. Those challenges ought to be solved with the participation and contribution of all actors of the productive chain. In 2017 Nicaraguan Platform for Sustainable Coffee– Nicafe’s was born. With the aim to promote the competitiveness and sustainable development of the sector, based on a common vision.
WHY THE COFFEE SECTOR IS IMPORTANT IN NICARAGUA? 53% Agricultural employment
21% Agricultural GDP 18% National export
2% National GDP
14% National employment
Who are we?
Common vision
Nicafés is composed by 28 unions, exporters, servants of services, educational institutions and non-governmental organisations involved in the coffee sector in Nicaragua.
Until the year 2022 it must to be an organized coffee sector with broad representation of public-private actors, that under a shared vision, throws into specific actions growth oriented to output, productivity and resilience of coffee crops contributing to competitiveness and sustainability of productive sector, improving living conditions of productors, their families and collaborators.
What we offer To work as a space to dialogue, reflection and coordination of joint actions and efforts to find answers to the most critical issues of the sector.
Our first steps Nicafe’s emerged in 2017 through an alliance of cooperation between the international organizations Rikolto, Rainforest Alliance, the trade union Alianza Nacional de Cafetaleros de Nicaragua (ANCN) – National Alliance of Coffee-Growers of Nicaragua -. After Solidaridad got involved, to promote a space of many actors to boost the sustainable development of coffee sector.
2016
• Rikolto assesses the coffee sector through consultations with visits to organizations and companies that are part of the sector. • Rainforest Alliance headed country opportunities in the sector.
2017
• Nicafés is created through workshops with the whole productive chain, generating a common vision of the sustainability of the coffee sector. • Participation in the 1st World Coffee Producers’ Forum held in Medellin, Colombia in July. • Participation in the Global Coffee Platform (GCP) General Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland in October. • Official presentation of Nicafés’ vision and mission. At this point it included 28 partners, including organizations and firms.
2018
2019
• Presentation of Nicafés at an experience-sharing activity with the Colombian Sustainable Trade Platform and at the GCP General Assembly in Bello Horizonte, Brazil, in November. • Presentation of the “Productive Assessment of the Sector” conducted by Nicafés with Rainforest Alliance funds. • Presentation of the study “Analysis of the coffee sector’s background, current legal framework, institutionality and governance” conducted by Nicafés with Rainforest Alliance funds. • Presentation of the Nicafés study “Mapping of coffee value chain actors in Nicaragua,” conducted with Rikolto funds.
• Contribution to a coffee-taster certification workshop on January 7-11 in Matagalpa, funded by Rainforest Alliance, Solidaridad, the National Coffee School and FUNICA. • A development proposal for the country’s coffee sector is currently being produced with funds from Solidarity.
NICAFÉS ORGANISING COMMITTEE Organizations
Category
Contact
ANCN
Trade association
Aura Lila Sevilla Kuan
UCC
University
Elizabeth Morales
CAFENICA
Trade association
Martha Esthela Guitiérrez
CISA Exportadora
Service suppliers
Jorge Eslaquit
EXP. ATLANTIC
Service suppliers
Derling Sánchez
RIKOLTO
Support organization
Fausto Rodríguez
ACEN
Trade association
Erick Baca Salazar
APEN
Trade association
Mario Farias
ATC
Collaborators
Esperanza Ruiz
Solidaridad
Support organization
María Durán
Rainforest Alliance
Support organization
Juan Francisco Martínez
NICAFE’S ASSOCIATES
Join Nicafe’s !! for a sustainable and competitive productive coffee sector Contact us by plataformanicafes@gmail.com