ARABIKA is a project born out of the collaboration of the Governments of Kenya and Italy. It is funded by The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). Its interventions target the whole coffee supply chain by focusing on: The organizational and management aspects of the producer cooperatives, A marketing component with a specific aim of improving the quality of the final product. The aim is to improve access to more lucrative markets, both locally and globally. The project is in line with the strategies of the national government and counties on the development of the coffee value chain.

The ARABIKA project focuses on the coffee supply chain in Kenya by offering capacity building through the business skills training of cooperatives, especially within the management level. Topics that will be emphasized on are the value chain components of production, processing, branding, marketing and distribution, with the aim of strengthening and improving the competitiveness of coffee cooperatives in Kenya. The project is in line with the strategies of the national government and counties on the development of the coffee value chain.

For more information on ARABIKA, visit https://arabika.org