Coffee Cooperative Societies ICT Program Kenya Coffee Producers Association was formed on 5th March 2009 by a merger between Kenya Coffee Growers Association (KCGA, 1991) and Kenya Coffee Growers and Employers Association (KCGEA) to form one united voice for coffee farmers. 

Objectives
 1. To re-organize the KCPA office into more functional space in view of increased staff and activities.
 2. To provide resources for administration purposes to enable activities to proceed both in the office and in the field
 3. To enable KCPA to draw up its own strategic plan and launch the association
 4. To provide resources for the hiring of regional representatives to reach members in all coffee growing zones
 5. To develop a communication and disseminating strategy for the associati

The Kenya Coffee Producers Association, KCPA, is a national membership organization of coffee farmers whose history dates back to 1934 when white settlers, who were coffee farmers, registered the Kenya Coffee Association (KCA) to cater for their welfare. In 1960, the association changed its name to Kenya Coffee Growers Association (KCGA) and was registered under the Trade Unions Act mainly to enhance good industrial relations in the coffee sector. It was effective and vocal in representing the interests of its members after independence and into the 1980s, the years of the coffee boom.
The association was de – registered in 1989 and, for close to 9 years, the farmers were unrepresented during the period when some reforms were being undertaken in the coffee sector. Through the hard work of some members, registration was achieved in 1997 and from thereon, the association has sought to reposition itself as the voice of the coffee farmers and ensure that they get fair returns from their coffee investments and are involved in reforms within the sector. KCPA was formed by a merger between KCGA (1991) and KCGEA in March 2009.
Strategic Objectives of KCPA
i.	To Enhance Good Labor Relations Within the Coffee Industry
ii.	To Promote Production and Marketing of High Quality Coffee
iii.	To Lobby For an Enabling Environment for Production, Processing and Marketing of Coffee
iv.	To Strengthen Kenya Coffee Producers Association To Effectively Reach Out To More Members And Deliver Quality Service
v.	To Facilitate Provision of Business Development Services to the Members
vi.	To Enhance Communication and Collaboration with National and International Organizations
The market for coffee in Kenya is accessed through both the first and second windows. Whereas the first window involves auctioning the coffee where mainly millers and marketing agents and/or dealers participate, the second window implies that farmers have direct contact with their buyers. For the farmers’ incomes to rise they need to participate more in the second window but since it is a new concept, introduced in 2005/2006, many have not utilized it. There is, therefore, need to educate farmers on the benefits of this second window.
In this document, KCPA proposes to implement the second phase of the computerized program for the coffee cooperative societies and a website with an integrated short message service facility to provide information on marketing of coffee and other educative services. The project will involve the participation of various stakeholders, led by KCPA and ICT partner and 50 coffee producer cooperative societies.

Objectives of the Project
i.	The project seeks to support the sensitization and training for 50 coffee producer cooperative societies represented by 150 participants in five coffee growing zones for five days for each training centre;
ii.	To directly support the installation of the CoopWorks software to 10 coffee producer cooperatives through a 50% installation subsidy;
iii.	To prepare 40 other producer cooperative societies for eventual adoption of the CoopWorks project;
iv.	To spread and popularize the adoption of CoopWorks in the areas with low uptake namely the Western and Southern coffee growing regions of Kenya and support 10 cooperative societies through a 50% installation cost subsidy to install the software
v.	Lower the cost of service provision in the CoopWorks project by utilizing the capacity of the local service providers and encouraging a healthy competition among the service providers. This will also be realized having five service providers with adequate skills and capacity to be attached to the producer cooperatives that are willing to invest in the CoopWorks software, hence assure the Cooperatives of a relatively lower cost;
vi.	To support Agriterra goal of improved production & efficiency in coffee farmer cooperative societies
vii.	Encourage gender balance of the cooperative society  movement participation by having 1/3 of the target participants as women
viii.	To leverage on existing KCPA programs (under the HIVOS Project) by making the chosen regions as excellence centres

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