One landscape programme delivering social, environmental and business impact for communities, partners and APK itself.
Status | Ongoing |
Timeline | 2023–2027 (overall programme) |
Location | Moshi and Hai districts, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania |
Area | 7 farmlands, over 1,300 hectares along the Weruweru River |
Reach | 6,500+ smallholder coffee and maize farmers, cooperative members and their families in 6 rural cooperatives; 30,000 upstream water users benefit indirectly |
Goals | Climate resilience · Water security · Regenerative agriculture · Food security · Social inclusion |
Issues tackled | Drought and climate change · Inefficient water use · Soil degradation · Low farm productivity · Supply-chain risk |
Kilimanjaro Water & Food for All is the flagship programme of African Partnerships Kilimanjaro. It brings six complementary initiatives together in a single landscape approach, working with a cluster of 6 rural cooperatives on 7 farmlands administered by APK at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Through the programme we upgrade irrigation systems, introduce and scale up regenerative coffee farming, plant native trees to protect watersheds and expand resilient maize seed production. Farmer training, South-South technology transfer and transparent supply chains to Europe underpin every action.
APK acts as anchor and lead agribusiness. The programme activates collaboration between private companies, international public funders, Tanzanian authorities, research institutes, local water users and farmers.APK acts as anchor and lead agribusiness. The programme activates collaboration between private companies, international public funders, Tanzanian authorities, research institutes, local water users and farmers.
Herencia VL, EFICO, EFICO Foundation, SeedCo, Beans Coffee, Greencof, Hansson BV and Van Duijnen Koffie.
FICAP and G-STIC (Government of Flanders), Business Partnership Facility (Luxembourg), GIZ Agri-Business Facility for Africa and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO).
Our projects are organised in two programmes: Kilimanjaro Water & Food for All, which strengthens the farming landscape, and Kilimanjaro Education, Hope and Future, which invests in the children of our communities. Each one is co-created with private companies, public funders and local partners.
Water management and regenerative agriculture that make cooperative coffee farms resilient to a changing climate.
Local production of high-quality, resilient maize seeds, with 1,670 smallholders in stable seasonal employment.Local production of high-quality, resilient maize seeds, with 1,670 smallholders in stable seasonal employment.
An impact business model for sustainable coffee, benefiting 2,700 cooperative members and European consumers.
Regenerative, water-efficient farming on 440 hectares, benefiting around 2,700 families.
Risk due diligence and capacity building with Dutch coffee companies, benefiting over 6,000 families.
Native trees planted on 17 hectares to protect the Weruweru River watershed.