Our Approach

c&c is active in Brazil, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Uganda.

We support smallholder coffee farming families, who produce 80% of the world’s coffee, along with their communities and landscapes in building resilience and adapting to climate change. To achieve this, c&c follows a five-step approach.

The five steps

c&c follows a five-step participatory and inclusive approach.

Step 1 – Setting the Scene

Setting the scene gives an overview of how relevant climate change is for the local living and working environment of the farmer.

Step 2 – Assessment of Challenges

Assessment of challenges creates an understanding of the impacts of climate change on the farmer’s livelihood and their coffee production and identifies individual suitable adaptation options.

Step 3 – Adaptation Planning

Adaptation planning prioritizes adaptation options and structures their implementation.

Step 4 – Validation and Implementation

Validation and implementation facilitates the implementation of the selected adaptation measures and their validation on a small scale before they are disseminated to benefit more farmers.

Step 5 – Systematization

Systematization monitors and evaluates the progress, results, and lessons learned. This step builds the foundation to restart the cyclical process as it provides the lessons learned and evidence on which to base future adaptation approaches. In addition, the climate is continuously changing, which means adaptation efforts need to be continuously revised.

c&c toolbox

We provide hands-on practical tools on climate-smart coffee cultivation for farmers and trainers in the form of easy-to-use step-by-step instructions as a public good in the c&c toolbox.

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Community of Practice

We share knowledge and best practices on adapting farming to climate change. We facilitate structured knowledge and learning exchange in project regions with the Community of Practice (CoP).