GLOBAL COFFEEPLATFORM

Brazil

Est. 2012
38 Members

The Brazil Country Platform actively works with its members and partners to drive coffee sustainability. Through the development of tools, educational material, broad outreach and three GCP Collective Action Initiatives, the platform is committed to real change and positive results. Learn more about the history, evolution and achievements of Brazil's Country and how the platform is striving to improve the lives of the country's 265,000 coffee farmers.

Coffee Bag

3m

Total Production (MT)

Baseline Standard

18 %

% Sustainable

Compare Coffee

30/70

Robusta vs. Arabica

Working Stream

70-80 %

% Exports

Gender

265k

Number of Smallholder farmers

Hectares

1.9m

Number of Hectares

Country Milestones

The Brazil Country Platform has actively encouraged members to collaborate in special actions to improve coffee sustainability. Today, the platform focuses on providing technical assistance to members through its various activities and the development of tools. Learn more about the history, evolution and achievements of Brazil’s Country Platform by clicking through the timeline below.

Governance System

Governance System

The Brazil Country Platform has a well-established and active presence in the coffee sector, bringing together companies, producers, NGOs and other organizations to learn, collaborate and leverage coffee sustainability efforts. The multi-stakeholder and representative governance system is actively working.

Coffee Sustainability Curriculum

Coffee Sustainability Curriculum

Since launching in March 2015, the Brazil Country Platform has focused on 18 Fundamental Items out of the 122 included in the Brazilian Coffee Sustainability Curriculum (CSC). This prioritization has allowed the platform to accelerate the implementation of good sustainable agricultural practices in coffee producing areas of Brazil.

CSC App

Coffee Sustainability Curriculum App

Launched in 2018, the CSC App is a tool for producers to by evaluating data across 122 CSC practices, the 18 CSC Fundamental Items and the 35 Brazil Sustainability Indicators defined by the Brazilian Working Group (BWG). The app generates 25 different reports to guide institutions on sustainability development.

Internal Management System

Internal Management System

The Internal Management System (IMS) was developed to assist Brazilian companies and cooperatives to manage and monitor internal activities with a focus on the implementation of the sustainable practices in coffee production to obtain a cycle of continuous improvement. The project included: technical trainings for technicians and growers, as well as the production of guides and manuals.

Collective Action Initiatives launched

Collective Action Initiatives

Collective Action Initiatives identify a specific need related to the most pressing issues in coffee production. Companies and organizations work together in a pre-competitive environment to drive positive change. There have been two Collective Actions in Brazil: Weed Management (2016-2018) and the Responsible Use of Agrochemicals (2018-2020).

Responsible Use of Agrochemicals Collective Action Initiative

Responsible Use of Agrochemicals Collective Action Initiative

This GCP Collective Action Initiative, launching mid-2020, in partnership with InPACTO and Cecafé, aims to to improve living and working conditions for coffee growers and workers, while promoting awareness about degrading working conditions and generating continuous improvement in the coffee sector. This initiative will contribute to eliminate unacceptable social practices at farm-level, with a strong focus on education, and mapping and monitoring working conditions. The data collected will include research covering living wages, living income and production costs.

Brazil: GCP Collective Action Plan

Brazil: GCP Collective Action Plan for Farmer Prosperity

Read the plan that aims to contribute 9.5% of the one million farmers that GCP aims to uplift through the GCP 2030 Goal.

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Platform Members

Get in touch

Pedro Ronca

GCP Brazil Program Directoremail me

Pedro Ronca

GCP Brazil Program Directoremail me

Pedro Ronca is an agronomist by the Superior School of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ-USP), post graduated in Coffee Agribusiness by FIA/USP and in Coffee Economics and Science by the University of Trieste / illycaffè, Italy. Agronomic consultant in coffee production, experienced in planning, conducting and managing projects in properties with sustainable production systems, in post-harvest and specialty coffee production and market strategy.

Pedro has extensive experience in auditing for sustainability certifications. He is also a farmer in the South of Minas Gerais. Pedro currently manages the Global Coffee Platform (GCP) in Brazil and coordinates the CocoaAction Brazil initiative, in partnership with the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF).

Tamara Barim

General Manager Brazil, GCP Brazil email me

Tamara Barim

General Manager Brazil, GCP Brazil email me

Tamara Barim is responsible for coordinating the work of GCP in Brazil. Her work experience is not only local, steering the development and implementation of sustainability tools and training, stakeholder engagement, program and resource management, and impact reporting, but also global since she supports the team to foster and maintain partnerships and develop strategies.

She is skilled in Project Management, Design Thinking, and has a keen interest in gender, youth, and sustainable development of communities.

Tamara holds Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration, International Business, and Architecture and Urbanism. Besides Portuguese, she speaks English and Spanish, and is based in Espírito Santo do Pinhal, Brazil.

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