Reviving and upgrading Fogo coffee quality The Northern part of the volcanic Cabo Verdean island Fogo has an excellent microclimate to grow high quality coffee. It has been producing large quantities of coffee for many centuries. However, the coffee production has been neglected for many years due to lack of finance, equipment, market access and knowledge. Instead, cheap quality coffee is being imported from Brazil and Portugal, the latter being sold to tourists as "Fogo coffee". As the approximately one hundred coffee farmers of the Fogo Coffee Association could not compete with this imported coffee on the local market, they changed part of their production to fruits and vegetables. The Dutch organic coffee trading company Trabocca recognised the good potential of the Fogo coffee, organically grown on the volcanic soils of the Island. In order to revive and upgrade the coffee sector on Fogo, Trabocca will form a joint venture company with the local company Capital Consulting on Fogo. Both partners, together with the Fogo Coffee Association will invest in new coffee processing equipment, train the farmers on organic coffee production, extend the acreage of coffee plantations and create an international specialty market for the Fogo coffee. In future, part of the coffee will be roasted locally in order to satisfy the local market with real Fogo coffee. It is the intention of the project partners to make Fogo people proud again of their own product.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The CSR policy of the mother company of Trabocca, Sunopta, will be adapted for the joint venture. The joint venture will only produce certified organic coffee, guaranteeing a premium price for the farmers and saving the local environment.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe joint venture will employ two high-level managers, three medium-level agronomist, technician and bookkeeper and four basic-level processing mill workers, one coffee nursery keeper and one general service person. This number of 11 full-time employees will increase to 22 in the two years after the project.The project will generate a lot of indirect seasonal employment at the coffee growing level, this will amount to three workers per coffee farmer, totalling 300 seasonal workers.The company will pay salaries 5-10% higher than the normal wages on Fogo, salaries will range between 100 and 600 euro per month. In addition, employees will benefit from fringe benefits like transport, insurances and pension contributions. Good working conditions will be ensured by adhering to the CSR policy of the company.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe project will introduce the washed coffee technology in Cabo Verde, as well as the knowledge on organic farming and organic certification procedures. This could benefit them also for their other products and in maintaining soil fertility.•	Chain effectsThe coffee farmers will benefit most by the revival of the currently sleeping coffee industry on Fogo. They will have secure access to premium prices for their coffee beans. Neighbouring farmers currently not producing coffee will quickly join FCA as they see the benefits and quick results of the project. The current coffee farmers who have shifted part of their land to other crops will soon realise that they can make more income out of growing premium coffee and start planting additional coffee trees. Maintaining the fertility of the farmer land will also benefit the other crops of the farmers. As stated before, every farmer will need the services of at least three employees during harvesting time, generating seasonal employment for 300 people.A long term contract will be made with a transport company to transport the coffee from Fogo to Praia and finally to destinations around the world.Currently, cheap coffee is imported in Cabo Verde for the local market and even repacked as Fogo coffee by a local entrepreneur to sell to tourists visiting Cabo Verde. The local market and the tourists will benefit in future from the good quality roasted real Fogo coffee.•	EnvironmentThe project will have a positive impact on the local environment by introducing organic production principles on the Island. The eco-pulpers use and discharge very little water during the processing of the beans. The small amount of discharged water will be filtered and cleaned. The organic discharge and the pulp will be used to produce compost for the farmers to be used as organic fertilizers.•	Position of womenAt least 30% of the 11 employees will be female, as well as 2 out of 5 high- and medium-level employees. Most of the 300 seasonal indirect employees to be recruited at farm level for coffee weeding, harvesting, etc will be women. Reviving and upgrading the Fogo volcano coffee industry by strengthening the coffee association, improving the management of the coffee plantations, having its production organically certified, improving the processing by the introduction of ecoflex wet c