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Rwanda's Kopakama cooperative is located in the Western Province, Rutsiro district. It's main coffee washing station, in Mushubati, overlooks beautiful Lake Kivu with majestic mountains surrounding it.

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The cooperative has about 1,500 members, 400 of which are women who form the Ejo Heza women's association. Kopakama was founded in 1998 with support from international agencies and the government of Rwanda, and has always played a leadership role in the community, giving farmers an opportunity to work together to work towards rural development.

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Organic Rainforest Alliance FairTrade

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Soil Food Web

In February 2018, Kopakama signed an MOU to begin learning and implementing the Soil Food Web program. This was done with a US roaster (Blueprint Coffee), facilitated by Artisan Coffee Imports. Since then, the coop's 7 agronomists, lead by Justin TUYISENGE, lead agronomist, are learning to use customized composting to nourish the soil and rejuvenate their coffee plantations. The women of Kopakama are integral to the project, since the cooperative uses the women's community plots as demonstration plots. In February 2019, Artisan brought the microscop donated by Blueprint coffee, which enables the agronomists to analyze their soil far more easily than was previously possible. In July 2019, Andrew Timko from Blueprint, along with Bridgette Vuguziga, brought a two-day training to Kopakama's agronomist team.