Taste Th e Mountain
Who We Are?
Focusing on Small Arabica mild Coffee
Producers of Kilimanjaro since 1930
Who we are
Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union is a local organization that produces and exports Mild Arabica coffee from Kilimanjaro region in northern part of Tanzania mainland.
Who we serve
We serve close to 70,000 small producer members on the slopes of highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro in the districts of Rombo, Moshi Rural, Hai and Siha.
Why we serve
We serve because we see small coffee farmers as a unique mechanism to produce high quality Arabica mild coffee that grown in volcanic soil of Mount Kilimanjaro. The farmers are the owner of the Union; they are expecting to sale their coffee at highest price through the Union that was formed for social and economic emancipation.
Who certifies our coffee?
Fair Labeling Organization (FLO)
We have been Fair Trade certified since 1993. All of our coffee is bought under Fair Trade conditions and
contributes to the wellbeing of the farming cooperatives and their communities.
Control Union
Our coffee has been certified organic by Naturland since 2004. This guarantees our customers that all our coffee is produced without the use of agricultural chemicals.
Environment Responsibility
Coffee is produced in areas inter planted with bananas which are used for local food and beverage consumption. The banana leaves canopy act as a filter for sunlight. All farmers’ coffee is shade grown, handpicked and produced in a traditional way. Organic and Quality Improvement Programs train farmers to produce coffee without using Industrial chemicals.
Educational Fund
Using Fair Trade premium money, KNCU has established an Education Fund to help less privileged farmers’ to send their qualified children to school.
At present KNCU gives scholarships to more than 400 Secondary School Students. The future plan of the fund is to cover for tuition fees for those students who will make to the University.
Who We Are?
Focusing on Small Arabica mild Coffee
Producers of Kilimanjaro since 1930
Who we are
Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union is a local organization that produces and exports Mild Arabica coffee from Kilimanjaro region in northern part of Tanzania mainland.
Who we serve
We serve close to 70,000 small producer members on the slopes of highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro in the districts of Rombo, Moshi Rural, Hai and Siha.
Why we serve
We serve because we see small coffee farmers as a unique mechanism to produce high quality Arabica mild coffee that grown in volcanic soil of Mount Kilimanjaro. The farmers are the owner of the Union; they are expecting to sale their coffee at highest price through the Union that was formed for social and economic emancipation.
Where We Work?
The Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union (1984) Ltd is located in Moshi town, at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in the northern part of Tanzania. The 60,000 producers who are members of KNCU lives on an altitudes of 1,000 – 2,000 meters above sea level. Societies are located in districts of Rombo, Hai, Siha, and Moshi Rural.
Because of the high altitude, the region has a mild climate with temperatures ranging from 17°C to 34°C rainfall varies greatly from place to place. The humid, intensively cultivated highland area receives 1,000–1,500 mm annually, with the probability of at least 1,000 mm even in the driest years.
Coffee and bananas are by far the most important crops, occupying about 55% of the cultivated land in the region as a whole and about 69% of the cultivated land around Mt. Kilimanjaro the minerals of the volcanic soil helps KNCU growers to produce some of the world’s finest coffee.