Strengthening the Haitian coffee sector

Although coffee production in Haiti is a fraction of what it once was, coffee remains an important part of Haiti's agricultural economy and Haitian coffee is sought-after in overseas markets.

However, gang violence in Port-au-Prince threatens farmers who depend on centralized processing and exporting facilities. The IAF supports community-led solutions to expanding economic opportunity and increasing stability.

IAF grantee Kok Ki Chante (KKC), in collaboration with its US-based affiliate Singing Rooster and an impact investment from DF Impact, is engaging eight networks of cooperatives to expand coffee production, increase working capital available to farmers, improve the quality of its green coffee for sale, and strengthen cooperatives' management and administration.

Additionally, it is decentralizing coffee drying operations to mitigate the risk of operating heavily out of the capital. Increased production and fewer post-harvest losses is enabling KKC to export more coffee.