Choosing coffee over poppy - a public-private partnership (Myanmar)


In Southern Shan State infrastructure, access to basic services and income opportunities are scarce. Poverty and malnutrition are omnipresent and out-migration is high. Building on a private-public partnership with Malongo, a French coffee company and Walter Matter SA, a Swiss logistics firm, SDC supports the Green Gold coffee cooperative and its 900 members to become a sustainable and business-oriented organisation.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Myanmar
Beschäftigung & Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit
KMU Förderung
Landwirtschaftliche Genossenschaften & Bäuerinnen- und Bauernorganisationen
01.06.2019 - 31.12.2023
CHF  546’250
Hintergrund Finding alternative income sources for the estimated 300,000 opium farmers in Myanmar is a daunting task. In southern Shan State UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) has initated a coffee cooperative including producers from 53 villages and farming around 800 hectares of coffee. The coffee-producing area covers mixed-controlled and Ethnic Armed Organisations controlled lands in Hopong and Loilem townships.
Ziele To create conditions of autonomy for the Green Gold cooperative and its member farmers through sustainable business practices and business prospects. Moreover, the intervention will contribute to the trust-building efforts in these mixed and Ethnic Armed Organisation controlled areas of southern Shan State.
Zielgruppen Green Gold cooperative, its over 900 members. its administrative board and executive staff.
Mittelfristige Wirkungen
  1. Coffee production: Farmers have the capacity to produce certified quality organic coffee
  2. Governance: The cooperative’s governance system and communication flow assure a stable organisation with fair trade certification
  3. Administative systems and infrastructure: The cooperative has the necessary systems and infrastructure to compete with a sustainable business model in the international market
Resultate

Erwartete Resultate:  

  • Continued fair trade certification of the cooperative
  • Trainings for governing and administrating a cooperative
  • Operational dry mill, coffee roaster and warehouse trainings for organic coffee farming and subsequent organic certification of farmers


Resultate von früheren Phasen:  

Key results and insights from previous phases

  • 8.88 tons of coffee were harvested, processed and were exported to France
  • The cooperative was successfully certified as fair trade


Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Kreditbereich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Privatsektor
  • Ausländischer Privatsektor Süden/Osten


Koordination mit anderen Projekten und Akteuren
  • UNODC and its donors Finland and Germany
  • new SDC projects Social Infrastructure for Conflict Transformation and Peace Building and Skills for Local Economic Development (Skills-LED) in South Shan
  • German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation (DGRV)
Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF    546’250 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF    511’484 Projekttotal seit Anfangsphase Budget inklusive Projektpartner CHF   1’932’801