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From Pilot to Scale: How Piloting and Testing Improved the Impact of a Matured Coffee Agronomy Program

Pilots and testing can improve the cost-effectiveness of existing programs. Read how stumping incentives were iteratively developed and ultimately scaled across Ethiopia.

HARVEST – Households Advancing Resilience, Value Chains, and Sustainable Transformation

Village Enterprise is introducing its evidence-based poverty graduation model to coffee-producing communities in Kaffa, Ethiopia.

Behind the numbers: what change looks like in a coffee community

Income is what we measure. But behind every number is a household with a story. Explore how data and photos together can draw a more complete picture of improved lives.
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Assessing the impact of coffee rehabilitation on yield and income of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia

IFPRI and EAIR conduct a rigorous, multi-year study on the yield and income effects of coffee stumping under real smallholder conditions in Ethiopia.

Same Approach, Different Outcomes: What We Learned from Sidama & Jimma

A comparative look at two Ethiopian coffee agronomy programs shows why context and adoption intensity matter – and how stumping can drive impact.
Women participating in 100weeks program

Can “Cash-Plus” be a pathway to Income Growth?

Findings from an independent evidence review of the 100WEEKS cash-plus program by Laterite show potentials and limitations.

Our Impact Map – pathways for lasting change

In cooperation with Enveritas, we developed detailled maps to display the socio-economic realities of coffee farming in Ethiopia. Have a look and explore our Impact Map!
A group of Ethiopian farmers sitting outside, attending a training session on financial literacy

Improving Financial Inclusion of Ethiopian Coffee Farmers

Access financial training materials designed specifically for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.
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Living Income Benchmarks & Household Segmentation in Uganda

In ccooperation with Wageningen University and Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, the projects develops and applies new methods for regional adaptation of living income benchmarks and the segmentation of coffee farming households in Uganda.

SROI – Rethinking impact with social return on investment

Resource allocation is one of the toughest challenges for any impact-driven organization.

Pathways out of poverty

Our project partner Raising the Village aims to reduce ultra-poverty in coffee growing regions by addressing income, health, and community development.

Making coffee farmers more prosperous, food secure, and climate resilient

One Acre Fund works to improve coffee yields, diversify income streams, and increase profits of 34.000 coffee farmers.
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