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Interviews with inspiring producers, working daily to sustainably produce good coffee.
Interview with Rafael Marques, Head of Sourcing at FAF
Stéphane Guinet | 2023-08-25

Rafael Marques has been working for FAF since 2017. He is responsible for sourcing in the Espírito Santo region. The region has long had a bad reputation when it comes to speciality coffee, but thanks to the work he does every day alongside producers with the Lado a Lado project, things are changing, and so is the quality of the coffee. We interviewed him to find out more about his work.

MEET EL MAESTRO DON HERBERT BETANCOURT
César MAGAÑA | 2023-08-02

In 2016, I heard from a friend that Don Herbert Betancourt was growing exotic varieties of cacao in Nahulingo, El Salvador. I contacted him to find out more about his cacao. That year, he told me that it wasn't the right time, that he wasn't ready yet. Dr Herbert Betancourt is a force to be reckoned with in El Salvador, both for his medical training and for his remarkable political career. Today, he is one of the producers we are most happy to visit. The cacao from the Chiquihuat farm is delicious and has many advantages. It can be used as ceremonial cacao and, of course, as the raw material for the world's finest chocolate bars.

Finca Chiquihuat has a conscience. In this interview, I have tried to summarise some of the questions and discussions we had with Don Herbert.

Dukundekawa, an exemplary cooperative in Rwanda
Stéphane Guinet | 2023-07-19

Ernest Nshimyimana is Managing Director of the Dukundekawa cooperative, or “Let's love coffee”, in English. Founded in 2003, the cooperative is located 50 km from Kigali, the country's capital, in northern Rwanda. An exemplary cooperative to discover in Ernest's company!

 
WHAT'S UP IN YOUR FARM? #2 Mustafa Mohamed Ali
Belco Team | 2022-11-07
A series of interviews with our producers, carried out by our Belco Ethiopia team.
 
Belco is involved in a long-term relationship with the producers at the origin, and also with the roasters. This tripartite approach is rich in innovation and investment. It allows producers to grow, as shown by the investments made by our partners in Jimma and Kaffa. Training, long-term purchases, regular exchanges, technical equipment, have enabled Mustafa, Khalid, Nazimu and Negusse to develop considerably. All this is done in association with the producers, Belco and the roasters for a fair distribution of the added value in the industry.

PS: We have left the questions written in Amharic for our Ethiopian friends, for the others it's for pleasure.

WHAT'S UP IN YOUR FARM? #1 Khalid Shifa
Belco Team | 2022-11-07
A series of interviews with our producers, carried out by our Belco Ethiopia team.
 
Belco is involved in a long-term relationship with the producers at the origin, and also with the roasters. This tripartite approach is rich in innovation and investment. It allows producers to grow, as shown by the investments made by our partners in Jimma and Kaffa. Training, long-term purchases, regular exchanges, technical equipment, have enabled Mustafa, Khalid, Nazimu and Negusse to develop considerably. All this is done in association with the producers, Belco and the roasters for a fair distribution of the added value in the industry.

PS: We have left the questions written in Amharic for our Ethiopian friends, for the others it's for pleasure.

Interview with Ernest of Dukunde Kawa in Rwanda
Leslie Laborde | 2022-07-12

Ernest was at Belco two weeks ago, an opportunity for us to ask him a few questions about the current harvest in Rwanda, its production, its production costs and the projects that the cooperative carries out behind coffee production...

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