Coffee Impact in Ethiopia

1. Oromia Coffee
Farmers
Cooperatives
Union

2. Address
CONTACT : cofunion@gmail.com
FB : hirpa.dereje@yahoo.com
TWITTER : @sagni_hirpa
PHONE NUMBER : +251-114450489

3. ABOUT US
OCFCU L.L is a smallholder coffee farmers cooperative
union
Members of OCFCU are the farmers and suppliers of high
quality, organic Arabica coffee for direct export.

4. OUR OBJECTIVES
OCFCU aims to help small-scale coffee farmers to take advantage
of the export market. OCFCU was established in order to help
farmer families.

5. OUR VISION
to improve and sustain the income & well being of members and their
households to standard level

6. OUR VISION
to improve and sustain the income & well being of members and their
households to standard level

7. OUR MISSION
to improve the socio economic wellbeing of member farmers in
the primary cooperatives

8. OUR HISTORY
OCFCU was established in June, 1999
1999
34 Cooperatives
22,503 HH
1999 Now
Birr
825,000.00
387 Cooperatives
376408(M)
106654(F)=483,
062 HH
2016
Birr
583,568,425.51
Initial Current

9. Certified Coops
Lakk Gosa Waraqaa R. WHG
1 Organic 53
2 JAS 6
3 Fairtrade 76
4 Bird Friend 5
5 SPP 19
6 RFA 8
7 UTZ 10
8 CP 12
9 Carbon FT 24
Ida’ama 206

10. Year Birr​
2004​
884,332.00
2005​ 1,673,812.00
2006​ 2,722,422.00
2007​ 2,345,288.00
2008​ 4,714,508.00
2009​ 7,350,992.00
2010​ 8,959,910.00
2011​ 27,127,636.00
2012​ 22,768,597.00
2013​ 26,617,855.00
2014​ 28,941,359.00
2015​ 25,616,932.00
2016​ 33,092,527.00
2017​ 25,576,596.00
2018​ 66,640,607.00
2019​ 64,418,213.00
2020​ 68,000,000.00
2021 98,000,000.00
Total 515,451,586.00

11. Good Experiences
• OCFCU was the first to export ½ container of coffee in representing the coffee
producing farmers
• Having the Organic Certificate and Fairtrade certificate to benefit the Farmers
• By Black Gold Movie OCFCU promote coffee producing farmers to the level of
the Globe
• Above 400 mil. Birr was invested to the area where the farmers are benefited
from premium
• Among the three ICA members OCFCU is the one
• Involving on the issue of the climate change OCFCU is got the first Certificate

12. Three Years Social Services
– School Constructions 13.5. Mil. Birr
– Displaced Peoples support 6.5 Mil.
– Environmental protection and innovation support 1.5 Mil. Birr
– Green Development and others 1 mil
– Oromia development Association 2 mil.
– Oromia Women Association 1 mil.
– Capacity building for workers 300 Birr
– Within Three years 25.8 Birr was used

13. Year(EC)​ Birr
2000/01​ 262,855.00
2001/02​ 1,527,137.00
2002/03​ 1,208,053.00
2003/04​ 3,580,761.00
2004/05​ 2,270,598.00
2005/06​ 2,485,947.00
2006/07​ 6,966,548.00
2007/08​ 11,716,614.00
2008/09​ 31,478,157.00
2009/10​ 30,584,457.00
2010/11​ 56,429,272.00
2011/12​ 43,938,541.00
2012/13​ 41,045,693.00
2013/14​ 52,946,662.00
2014/15​ 60,873,502.00
2015/16​ 13,938,103.00
2016/17​ 61,716,690.00
2017/18​ 40,447,135.00
2018/19​ 25,884,555.00
2019/20​ 28,000,000.00
2020/21 50,000,000.00
Total 567,301,280.00
Kaffalti 2-ffaa

14. • Environmental Protection
• Carbon Neutral Coffee
• /Gold Standard Certificates/
November 19, 2022 14

15. Environmental Protection – Carbon
Neutral Activity
Up to 2019 44,000 tons of Carbon were sold.
Income
– Total sells of Carbon 231,500 EU
– Carbon free Trade 44,000 EUR for coops
Besides
– Reduction of Deforestation
– Reduce stress on riral Women and Improve their Health

16. Projects with NGO
Name Of Project Budget Sources Amount (Birr in mil.)
Climate Acadamy Project Maxveler - Netherlands 8.7
Clean Energy Access to Rural Women EU 13.5
International Cooperative Aliance ICA 1.9
Farmers Voice Radio
Lorna Young Foundation -
UK 1.8
Food Security for Ethiopia and Kenya /FOSEK/ SOLIDARIDAD 5
Total 30.9

17. Projects at Primary
Coops
• Coffee Washing Factory
• Dry Coffee Processing

18. Projects at
the union
Value Addition Projects (One.koo
Coffee) 50 mil. Birr
Warehouse of Bulehora 51 mil. Birr
Using Technology to improve the Union
Work 5 mil. Birr(SAP)
Building Coffee Complex and expansion
of branches

20. One.Koo Coffee
Product
• Roasted Coffee/ 0.5 kg, 1 kg, 2 kg
• Ground Coffee/ 0.25kg, 0.5kg, 1kg,
• Green Coffee/ 0.5 kg, 1 kg, 2 kg

21. One.koo …
Promotion and Marketing Network
• A. Opening Café and coffee Shop
• The First cafe at Airport
• 2 – 5 Café at Addis Ababa and 5
Coffee Shops
• 1 Café at Diredewa Town

22. Strategic Directions
• By Adding Values on the Product increasing the
income of the farmers /creating
competent One.koo/ ፤
• Distributing materials by Import them for the
farmers to contribute on market stability
• To improve coffee productivity supporting on
agricultural extension issues
• Improving working system to fasten the work
a) Internal work will be improved and civilized
b) Working on online market

23. Thank you!
Galatoomaa!
Let's have a Cup of Coffee!