Before the year comes to a close, we’re gathering one last time for the Living Wage & Income Lab on Thursday, November 27th at the KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam. This edition will focus on income resilience in the Ugandan coffee sector and what it really means for farmers on the ground.
Why join:
Fairfood, Wakuli, and Ndugu are working together to place income resilience at the core of sustainable procurement. The partnership grew out of the application of the Living Income Price methodology and a Cost-Yield Efficiency assessment, which helped Ndugu, an Ugandan exporter representing over 6000 producers to understand farmers’ real needs and how to communicate this to business partners. By identifying living income price gaps and the main cost drivers limiting farmers’ earnings, the study provided data to inform data-driven coffee contracts that truly reflect farmer realities and interventions to improve them – and if you’ve missed our session about this, you can learn all about it here. This has also helped turn Wakuli into a partner to close these income gaps, as we’ll explore during the session: data now informs a new programme funded by GIZ’s Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains Initiative (SASI), testing interventions that strengthen livelihoods and make Robusta farming a viable, attractive option for the next generation.
Who will be there:
- Meine van der Graaf, representing Dutch roasters Wakuli
- Bless Augume, joining us in person, all the way from Uganda, to represent Ndugu
- Lotje Kaak, Fairfood’s living income project manager moderates the conversation
When & Where:
Thursday, November 27th | 13:00–15:30 CET
KIT Royal Tropical Institute – SubTropen | Mauritskade 64, Amsterdam
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear early findings, join an honest dialogue with partners working on the ground, and connect with others advancing sustainable and income-resilient coffee sourcing before the year ends.
