In the Social Axis

we work through 6 paths

Education

We promote capacity building in rural education, skills training and human development.

Infrastructure

We manage and execute projects to improve roads, housing, basic sanitation, energy, social infrastructure, connectivity and water treatment.

Social protection

We promote social security in coffee families and communities.

Community participation and associativity

We promote the strengthening of the capacities of associative groups, community groups and coffee cooperatives.

Gender equity

We promote the right to access development opportunities in the coffee industry with justice and equality and empower women to lead processes in the farm and communities.

Generational splice

We strengthen leadership, entrepreneurship opportunities and life options in coffee for children and young people.

Outstanding contributions to Colombian rural development

 

  • We manage and execute the construction or improvement of more than 7 million * of infrastructure works, including housing, public services, roads, schools, hospitals, clinics, sports centers, beneficiaries and dryers, among many others. * Consolidated data between 1944 and 2015.
  • We have managed to mitigate the effects of violence, armed conflict, illicit crops and contributed to producers not abandoning coffee.
  • The effort of the coffee institutionality has turned to strengthen not only the productive apparatus of Colombian coffee growing, but also to ensure the sustainability of the sector and to improve the quality of life and well-being of thousands of rural inhabitants.

SUCCESS CASE

Gender equiality

In Colombia, almost 30% of coffee growers are women, and several studies confirm that their role in the family economy translates into greater sustainability. In the FNC we are committed to gender equity (since 2006 we have a program dedicated to it), the empowerment of women and their increasing participation both in the coffee value chain and in producer associations and in the management bodies union. An example of this is that in the 2018 coffee elections, women’s union representation increased to 15% in the Departmental Committees from 8% in 2014, and to 24% in the Municipal Committees of 16% in 2014.

Data of interest

30%

of coffee growers in Colombia are women

15%

of union representatives in departmental committees are women

24%

of representatives in municipal committees are women
“The Colombian woman is a warrior and enthusiastic, she is no longer the woman that is only in the kitchen. The coffee-growing woman already takes the reins of her business, keeps the accounts and sells coffee. Coffee isn’t beyond us as women.”
Edith Parra
Edith ParraSantander coffee grower

CASE OF SUCCESS

Generational integration

enerational integration is one of the main challenges in the coffee sector. And to address it, at the FNC we work in different fronts.

In addition to institutional support to all producers, we promote policies, models, spaces, programs and projects of education, meeting, participation, innovation and entrepreneurship for young people to build a life project around coffee.

Data of interest

20%

Is the rate of union representatives under 45 years old in the departmental committees

34%

Is the rate of union representatives under 45 years old in the municipal coffee grower committees

2018

Year when the 1st National Meeting of Young Coffee Growers was held
"I come from the third generation of coffee growers, my grandfather grew coffee with an old perspective, and I now plan to care for the environment with new programs and technologies offered by the FNC."
Jeison Ruíz
Jeison RuízTolima coffee grower