HANNS R NEUMANN STIFTUNG NORTH AMERICA INC
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Organizations Filed Purposes: SUPPORT SMALLHOLDER FARMERS TOWARDS BEING ECONOMICALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT AND IN ACQUIRING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS THAT ENABLE THEM TO BECOME COMPETITIVE IN A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY; INITIATE, IMPLEMENT AND SCALE-UP BEST PRACTICE PROJECTS IN TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE; COMPREHENSIVELY PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES AND ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY; AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEESTABLISHMENT OF IMPROVED ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS ON BOTH A NATIONAL AND AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

INDONESIA: SMALLHOLDER COFFEE FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN THE WORLD'S FOURTH MOST IMPORTANT COFFEE-PRODUCING COUNTRY APPLY SUB-OPTIMAL PRODUCTION PRACTICES THAT RESULT IN LOW PRODUCTION, LAND DEGRADATION, POVERTY, AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT. FARMERS LACK ACCESS TO MARKETS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS CREDIT AND AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AND EARN LOW RETURNS FROM THEIR PRINCIPAL LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITY OF COFFEE FARMING. ON THE AGGREGATE THIS RESULTS IN INDONESIA CHRONICALLY UNDERPERFORMING AS A COFFEE-PRODUCING COUNTRY, WITH COFFEE YIELDS UP TO ONE-FOURTH THE LEVELS IN NEARBY VIETNAM, AND IN A CYCLE OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT AMONG UP TO 800,000 SMALLHOLDER FARMING HOUSEHOLDS. IN 2019 WE CONTINUED EFFORTS WITH MULTIPLE PARTIES TO IMPROVE FARMING PRACTICES, INCREASE COFFEE YIELDS, IMPROVE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY, AND IMPROVE ECONOMIC RETURNS AMONG INDONESIAN COFFEE FARMING FAMILIES, AND CONTINUED ACTIVITIES TO ADDRESS GENDER INEQUALITY AND ENCOURAGE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AMONG IMPORTANT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS.

COFFEE & CLIMATE: GRADUAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINUES TO AFFECT COFFEE FARMING FAMILIES, AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON IN COFFEE-GROWING REGIONS. THE LIVELIHOODS AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS ARE UNPREPARED FOR AND EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO THESE CHANGES, AND ARE AT RISK FOR SEVERE AND NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FROM GRADUAL CLIMATE CHANGE OR SUDDEN CLIMATE SHOCKS. SERVICES AND SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR ARE IN MANY CASES INACCESSIBLE TO SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS, RESULTING IN FURTHER CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY. THROUGH 2018, PROGRAMS WERE STILL DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA RUST CRISIS WHICH PUT MANY FARMERS INTO EXTREME POSITIONS AND SEVERELY THREATENED FOOD SECURITY. THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE WAS TAKEN UP BY HRNS IN MANY EVENTS TO CREATE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING IN THE SECTOR FOR THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. ALLIANCE FOR RESILIENT COFFEE (ARC): SINCE OCTOBER 2016 AND CONTINUING THROUGH 2018, HRNS IS LEADING THE USAID FEED THE FUTURE ALLIANCE FOR RESILIENT COFFEE (ARC) THAT BRINGS TOGETHER A CONSORTIUM OF SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE RESILIENCY OF SMALLHOLDER COFFEE FARMERS, WHILE PROTECTING AND SUPPORTING THE NEARLY 1.7 MILLION AMERICAN JOBS THAT DEPEND ON THE GLOBAL COFFEE INDUSTRY. THE PROJECT AIMS TO DO SO BY ELICITING GREATER PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN 'CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE (CSA)' STRATEGIES, SUCH AS DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION, CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE OR ADAPTIVE FARMING PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT SMALLHOLDERS TO WITHSTAND CHANGING WEATHER AND CLIMATE PATTERNS. ARC LEVERAGES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A CONSORTIUM OF EXPERT ORGANIZATIONS WITH COMPLEMENTARY EXPERIENCES IN CSA TO PROVIDE THE COFFEE SECTOR WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICAL TOOLS AND ON-THE-GROUND NETWORKS NEEDED TO FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF CSA PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES AT THE BASE OF THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS. COFFEE KIDS: AT THE END OF 2015, HRNS NA STARTED A SPECIFIC PROGRAM CALLED COFFEE KIDS, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF YOUNG COFFEE FARMERS IN TANZANIA, COLOMBIA AND CENTRAL AMERICA. DURING 2016, PROGRAMMING STARTED IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE MENTIONED COUNTRIES WHICH CONTINUES THROUGH 2018, SUPPORTING YOUNG FARMERS IN THEIR STRUGGLE TO EARN A BETTER LIVING AND STAY IN THE RURAL AREAS. YOUNG PEOPLE IN COFFEE-GROWING REGIONS COMMONLY FIND THEMSELVES WITH FEW ATTRACTIVE AND FINANCIALLY-REWARDING LIVELIHOOD OPTIONS, WITH THE LOW-TECH AND LOW-PROFIT FAMILY AGRICULTURE UNDER WHICH THEY HAVE GROWN UP ONE OF THEIR ONLY ALTERNATIVES. AS A RESULT, AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN LIVELIHOODS AND THOSE OF THEIR FAMILIES, YOUNG PEOPLE FREQUENTLY MIGRATE OUT OF RURAL REGIONS AND TO URBAN CENTERS, WHERE THEY ARE POORLY PREPARED FOR PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THIS TREND HAS THE EFFECT OF DRAINING RURAL REGIONS OF AMBITIOUS, INTELLIGENT, AND HARD-WORKING YOUNG PEOPLE AND FURTHER CONTRIBUTING TO STAGNANT AND DEPRESSED RURAL ECONOMIES, WHICH IN TURN LEADS TO MORE RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION. HONDURAS-TRIFINO: SMALL-SCALE FARMERS IN EASTERN HONDURAS AND THE TRIFINIO REGION (WHERE HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, AND EL SALVADOR COME TOGETHER) MAKE A MEAGER LIVING FROM COFFEE PRODUCTION DUE TO POOR PRODUCTION PRACTICES, LOW YIELDS, SEVERE QUALITY PROBLEMS, AND A MARKET STRUCTURE WHERE THEY DELIVER AT THE LOWEST POINT IN THE VALUE CHAIN. IN ADDITION, THE POTENTIAL FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR FAMILIES IS INHIBITED: FOR THE FORMER TRADITIONAL GENDER NORMS LIMIT WOMEN'S ACCESS TO ASSETS AND INFLUENCE OVER HOUSEHOLD DECISIONS, EVEN WHILE THEY PLAY ESSENTIAL ROLES IN COFFEE PRODUCTION AND POST-HARVEST PROCESSING; FOR THE LATTER, YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE FEW FINANCIALLY REWARDING AND FULFILLING LIVELIHOOD OPTIONS AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THEM IN COFFEE-GROWING REGIONS. IN 2019, WE CONTINUED OUR LARGE-SCALE PROGRAM TO IMPROVE AND MODERNIZE COFFEE PRODUCTION IN WESTERN AND EASTERN HONDURAS; TRANSFORM THE MARKET STRUCTURE FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS BY SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITATING MARKET CONNECTIONS WITH DOWNSTREAM BUYERS; INITIATE SOCIAL CHANGE PROCESSES IN COFFEE-FARMING HOUSEHOLDS TO IMPROVE GENDER EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN; AND PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE HARD SKILLS, SOFT SKILLS, AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TO ENABLE THEM TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL VIA EMPLOYMENT, SELF-EMPLOYMENT, MODERNIZED FARMING, AND ENTREPRENEURIALISM.

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