A worker rakes sun-dried coffee at the Los Negros washing station in Santiago de Cuba province | Photo credit: Lavazza Group
“When a coffee producing country starts to consumer more coffee, that’s a strong indicator of development”
Veronica Rossi, Senior Sustainability and Lavazza Foundation Manager
Workers weigh green coffee sacks at the Los Negros washing station in Santiago de Cuba province | Photo credit: Lavazza Group
“Cuban coffee has always been regarded as high-quality and that’s why we’ve been trying to improve exports”
Robeldi Nicot Terrero, President, Agroforestal Group (GAF)
“One of the easiest ways to support a coffee plantation is to create a shade-grown system”
Michele Curto, President, AICEC
The Rolando Ayub Contramaestre coffee processing plant | Photo credit: Tobias Pearce / World Coffee Portal
20 years of the Lavazza Foundation
Established in 2004, the nonprofit Giuseppe e Pericle Lavazza Foundation has organised 33 projects in 20 countries and three continents, the benefits of which are felt by more than 180,000 coffee growers. One aim shared by all of the programmes is the development of sustainable entrepreneurship, to bring about an improvement in the living conditions of the entire community.
The Foundation supports the autonomy of local communities by emphasising the value of female workers and involving the younger generations. It encourages good agricultural practices in order to improve crop yields and coffee quality and promotes the introduction of technological tools as a means to counter the effects of climate change.
This article was first published in Issue 18 of 5THWAVE magazine.
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