ICEF
davidiste@hotmail.com
Tel: (509) 3767-2922 3 rue Baussan/Turgeau Port-au-Prince
Haiti.
Objective
Since 1999, ICEF has been playing a leading role in the agri-business sector by providing technical assistance to improve the competitiveness of coffee value chain in Haiti in order to create sustainable economic opportunities for low-income farmers. In addition to the FOMIN funded project in implementation in Baptiste, the local NGO is supporting the National network of coffee cooperatives[1] composed of about 65 coffee cooperatives located in the North, the West, the Southeast, and the Grande-Anse departments. It also supported the Ministry of Agriculture in the creation of the Coffee institute located in Port-au-Prince facilitating among other things the resolution of conflicts between traditional coffee exporters and cooperatives. Before the earthquake, the coffee project in Baptiste started to have significant results by helping IKOKAB to improve product quality and to have access to better market. For instance, IKOKAB is selling[2] to the Japanese market at US$3/pounds, which was so far the biggest price for the Haitian coffee. It is then evident that this project will help poor Haitian coffee producers in Baptiste to become more competitive by improving the quality[3] of their products and accessing better markets. At the end of the project this model could be replicated by the national network of coffee producers to improve the competitiveness of the Haitian coffee value chain in the country. However, ICEF’s central office in Port-au-Prince that coordinated all these activities has been destroyed. The communication and information system were no longer functional. Meanwhile, all the information was recuperated by the Information system manager thanks to the back-up system. The building is unusable. The Port-au-Prince staff has been temporarily relocated to Plateau Central at ICEF’s office located in the facility[4] of the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture. ICEF needs the items included in the budget request to recover its normal operation capacity, especially to be able to (i) coordinate the project properly (meeting with other partners that are providing counter-part and technical assistance like AVSF located in Port-au-Prince, recruitment of consultants leaving in Port-au-Prince, procurement of goods and services in Port-au-Prince; meeting with the members of the national network of cooperatives, and organization of training for them, mobilize additional resources to leverage project funds to support farmers and continue activities after project completion in order to sustain the project[5], (ii) continue supporting the national network of coffee cooperatives composed of 65 coffee cooperatives located all over the country.
In addition, IKOKAB members are affected by flow of migrant families fleeing urban areas of Port-au-Prince. They need some seeds, fertilizers, and tools to jumpstart agriculture activities during the fall farming season in order to ensure food security of their families. ICEF identified 1000 farmers’ members of IKOKAB who needs these inputs.
[1] The National network of coffee cooperative is composed by the cooperatives mentioned in footnote 1. ICEF provide training to them in order to reinforce their organizational and technical capacity in order to become more competitive.
[2] IKOKAB’s sold 51,166 pounds for the period of 2008-2009 thanks to the project. It exported before 21,424 pounds
[3] ICEF is managing the Coffee quality control laboratory established in Baptiste by the completed project ATN/ME-9333-HA financed by FOMIN. The quality is measured by two main factors: 1. Lost percentage during final processing; 2. Taste of the coffee. A Salvadorian expert paid with FOMIN’s funds is helping ICEF in the quality control
[4] The Ministry has been hosting ICEF regional office in Baptiste since 1999.
[5] It is very difficult to carry out these activities in Baptiste where the project is located, because of inadequate infrastructure like low Internet connection, difficulty to meet partners, participate in cluster meeting in Port-au-Prince, etc.
Partners
Funding
76,450 HESAR
Beneficiaries
The beneficiaries of the program are: 6 cooperatives members of “IKOKAB” network (Union of Coffee Cooperatives in Baptiste) and 1000 coffee producers and their families.
Objective:
The overall objective of the project is to improve the income of 1000 coffee producers and their families. Its specific objective is to improve the competitiveness of the 6 cooperatives members of the “IKOKAB” network (Union of Coffee Cooperatives in Baptiste, a network of 6 coffee cooperatives).
FOMIN funding committed:
76,450 HESAR
Why is FOMIN supporting ICEF:
Since 1999, ICEF has been playing a leading role in the agri-business sector by providing technical assistance to improve the competitiveness of coffee value chain in Haiti in order to create sustainable economic opportunities for low-income farmers. In addition to the FOMIN funded project in implementation in Baptiste, the local NGO is supporting the National network of coffee cooperatives[1] composed of about 65 coffee cooperatives located in the North, the West, the Southeast, and the Grande-Anse departments. It also supported the Ministry of Agriculture in the creation of the Coffee institute located in Port-au-Prince facilitating among other things the resolution of conflicts between traditional coffee exporters and cooperatives. Before the earthquake, the coffee project in Baptiste started to have significant results by helping IKOKAB to improve product quality and to have access to better market. For instance, IKOKAB is selling[2] to the Japanese market at US$3/pounds, which was so far the biggest price for the Haitian coffee. It is then evident that this project will help poor Haitian coffee producers in Baptiste to become more competitive by improving the quality[3] of their products and accessing better markets. At the end of the project this model could be replicated by the national network of coffee producers to improve the competitiveness of the Haitian coffee value chain in the country. However, ICEF’s central office in Port-au-Prince that coordinated all these activities has been destroyed. The communication and information system were no longer functional. Meanwhile, all the information was recuperated by the Information system manager thanks to the back-up system. The building is unusable. The Port-au-Prince staff has been temporarily relocated to Plateau Central at ICEF’s office located in the facility[4] of the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture. ICEF needs the items included in the budget request to recover its normal operation capacity, especially to be able to (i) coordinate the project properly (meeting with other partners that are providing counter-part and technical assistance like AVSF located in Port-au-Prince, recruitment of consultants leaving in Port-au-Prince, procurement of goods and services in Port-au-Prince; meeting with the members of the national network of cooperatives, and organization of training for them, mobilize additional resources to leverage project funds to support farmers and continue activities after project completion in order to sustain the project[5], (ii) continue supporting the national network of coffee cooperatives composed of 65 coffee cooperatives located all over the country.
In addition, IKOKAB members are affected by flow of migrant families fleeing urban areas of Port-au-Prince. They need some seeds, fertilizers, and tools to jumpstart agriculture activities during the fall farming season in order to ensure food security of their families. ICEF identified 1000 farmers’ members of IKOKAB who needs these inputs.
[1] The National network of coffee cooperative is composed by the cooperatives mentioned in footnote 1. ICEF provide training to them in order to reinforce their organizational and technical capacity in order to become more competitive.
[2] IKOKAB’s sold 51,166 pounds for the period of 2008-2009 thanks to the project. It exported before 21,424 pounds
[3] ICEF is managing the Coffee quality control laboratory established in Baptiste by the completed project ATN/ME-9333-HA financed by FOMIN. The quality is measured by two main factors: 1. Lost percentage during final processing; 2. Taste of the coffee. A Salvadorian expert paid with FOMIN’s funds is helping ICEF in the quality control
[4] The Ministry has been hosting ICEF regional office in Baptiste since 1999.
[5] It is very difficult to carry out these activities in Baptiste where the project is located, because of inadequate infrastructure like low Internet connection, difficulty to meet partners, participate in cluster meeting in Port-au-Prince, etc.
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