by kat | Apr 16, 2014 | Blog, Mzuzu, Twin |
By Derlin C. S. Nyirenda, CDM Phoka Coffee Growers Cooperative Society Shubert Mzumara, a Phoka coffee cooperative farmer from junju zone, is one of serious farmers of the Cooperative. He started coffee growing in 1987. He has been loyal to Cooperative since its birth...
by kat | Mar 21, 2014 | Blog, Mzuzu, News, Twin |
Ever wonder what a newspaper from Malawi looks like? Look no further:
by kat | Jan 22, 2014 | Blog, Mzuzu, News, Twin |
Lamya Business Center Women’s Group, Mlere Zone, Nkhata Bay Highlands The Lamya Business Center Women’s Group was established in 2009. Currently, it has 18 members, many of whom are HIV positive. The women in this group engage in manure making, growing maize,...
by kat | Oct 2, 2013 | Blog, Bukonzo Joint Co-operative |
Bukonzo Joint Cooperative (BJC) was founded as a micro-finance organization. After successfully bankrolling the economic activities of their farmer-members, they began collectively marketing their coffee in 2005. Western Uganda historically turns out low-grade,...
by kat | Aug 2, 2013 | Blog, Mzuzu |
On a recent trip to Mzuzu Coffee in Malawi we interviewed over 100 farmers to see what they had to say about coffee and the market. Meet Monase Katazuka. Monase planted her coffee field in 2010, implementing sustainable farming techniques that were taught to her by...
by kat | Jul 24, 2013 | ACPCU, Blog, Bukonzo Joint Co-operative, Bukonzo Organics, Gumutindo, Semliki, Uncategorized |
It started in February 2013 at the AFCA Conference in Kampala, Uganda and it isn’t over yet. Planning: Five JMI Member Cooperatives met with Atlas Coffee Importers and Twin staff to discuss the benefits of learning how to cup the coffee they produce. “I know coffee...
