CAPCKI

On the shores of Lake Kivu, the Coopérative Agricole des Producteurs de Café du Kivu (CAPCKI) is providing clean water, new coffee trees and a safe way to sell coffee for its members.

Founded in
2015

Location
On the Western shore of the Kivu Lake, Province du Sud-Kivu

Altitude
1,600m to 2,000m

Membership
453 producers (305 women and 148 men)

Green coffee production capacity / year
131 tonnes

Average size of land per farmer
0.41 hectares

Varieties
Bourbon

Grades
K3, K4

Certifications
Organic (EOS - NOP)

Capcki Kabishamaga washing station

Headquarter
Kalungu Buzi Kalehe Sud-kivu, Province du Sud-Kivu

Management team
5 staff: 1 president and 1 vice president (woman) and 1 assistant and 2 Advisors to the Board of Directors (1 woman and 1 man)

Technical team
6 agronomists and 6 technicians in the washing station during harvest time

Infrastructure
1 washing station: Kabishamaga
dry milling process by the cooperative Muungano

Main harvest period
February to July

Export period of main harvest
July to October

Fly crop period
September to December

Export period of fly crop
December to January

Coopérative Agricole des Producteurs de
Café du Kivu

The Coopérative Agricole des Producteurs de Cafe du Kivu, CAPCKI, was founded by seven coffee producers in 2015 so that coffee farmers would not have to make the dangerous crossing of Lake Kivu to sell their coffee in Rwanda. CAPKI was founded to offer them an alternative way to sell their coffee, without the not insignificant risk of drowning.

With the support of TechnoServe, a non-profit organisation working in development, the cooperative obtained the EOS organic certification by Ecocert for the European market in 2020. The following year it obtained the NOP organic certification for the USA market.

The cooperative works to improve the socio-economic life of its members and the wider community.

Capki makes it possible for farmers to sell their coffee safely without the dangerous crossing of Lake Kivu.

In 2022, the cooperative restored three drinking water sources that had been damaged by earthquakes. These sources supply 54 fountains that provide water to 12,007 households.

This 2023 season, the cooperative distributed 130,424 seedlings to its members.