In partnership with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, the SDG Transformation Center published a report titled Prosperity for Coffee Producers through SDG Coffee Plans. The report offers a three-step methodology to align investments towards thriving, sustainable coffee economies.
This report is the result of two years of work following an idea conceived by coffee growers from around the world gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, at the 3rd World Coffee Producers Forum in February 2023. It is intended to serve as a practical tool—a handbook for coffee farmers and the broader coffee value chain. Its goal is not only to ensure the prosperity of who produces coffee, going beyond simply guaranteeing its quality and availability, but also to secure the prosperity of those who produce it. It offers a free, accessible guide to support the design, development, and implementation of Coffee SDG Plans—plans that aim to build the structures needed to strengthen the weakest link in the chain: the farmers.
This work aims to facilitate coordinated action among all value chain actors, governments, and local and international stakeholders, enabling producing countries to develop systems that lead to true farmer prosperity.
Read the full report here