{"id":42063,"date":"2026-09-15T10:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42063"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:19:13","slug":"from-crisis-to-opportunity-how-safe-ecuador-strengthend-an-amazonian-german-coffee-partnership","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/fr\/news\/from-crisis-to-opportunity-how-safe-ecuador-strengthend-an-amazonian-german-coffee-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"From Crisis to Opportunity: How SAFE Ecuador Strengthend an Amazonian-German Coffee Partnership\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"42063\" class=\"elementor elementor-42063 elementor-42041\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e35abb4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e35abb4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-303b1db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"303b1db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A three-year trade relationship between Alto Huino, a coffee-producing community in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and Quijote Kaffee, a German specialty coffee importer, faced an uncertain future. The intermediary organization responsible for exporting Alto Huino\u2019s coffee ceased operations due to financial difficulties, leaving producers without a way to continue supplying their buyer. At the same time, the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) introduced new traceability and due diligence requirements for coffee imports, creating additional challenges for maintaining access to the European market.<\/p><p>Preserving this commercial relationship required a new collaborative solution.<\/p><p>SAFE Ecuador facilitated a partnership between Alto Huino\u2019s producers and Waylla Kuri (Indigenous Language, Kichwa, for \u201cgreen gold\u201d), an Amazonian producer organization with export capacity. <strong>This collaboration enabled Alto Huino\u2019s producers to continue supplying coffee to Quijote Kaffee <\/strong>through a new export pathway, while strengthening their organizational structure and preparing to adapt to the EUDR.<\/p><p>Over two years, SAFE Ecuador:<\/p><ul><li>Supported Alto Huino\u2019s transition from an informal producer community into the legally established cooperative COOPACAF, strengthening its capacity to participate in international markets.<\/li><li>Facilitated Alto Huino\u2019s integration into Waylla Kuri\u2019s export model, ensuring the continuity of coffee exports to Quijote Kaffee while strengthening formalization, traceability and EUDR risk management processes.<\/li><li>Supported the implementation of traceability systems in Alto Huino and Waylla Kuri, enabling coffee to be tracked from each <strong>chakra*<\/strong> through to export.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c63573 elementor-flip-box--direction-down elementor-flip-box--effect-flip elementor-widget elementor-widget-flip-box\" data-id=\"3c63573\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"flip-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer elementor-flip-box__front\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer__overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper elementor-view-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-question-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChakra\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer elementor-flip-box__back\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer__overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-flip-box__layer__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Kichwa word meaning \u201ccultivated land.\u201d It refers to a traditional Kichwa agroforestry system, generally ranging from 0.5 to 5 hectares, where coffee is grown alongside native species such as banana and cacao, following ancestral agricultural practices.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-072a55f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"072a55f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ee4f99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ee4f99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The implemented and interconnected traceability systems:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Demonstrate deforestation-free origin: <\/strong>GPS data and satellite monitoring confirm no forest has been cleared for production.<\/li><li><strong>Document social impact:<\/strong> records verify that 95% of producers belong to Kichwa families, making their participation in the supply chain visible and enabling their involvement in coffee production to be tracked.<\/li><li><strong>Demonstrate compliance with EUDR requirements: <\/strong>they automatically generate due diligence data required by the importer to support its due diligence statement to European customs authorities, thereby reducing errors that could lead to delays and additional costs during export.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c86336b elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside 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class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/DSC07743-1-rsuyc8ayz2vy7o3qp7xoonap4fa5sx05oiuwugwm4g.jpg\" alt=\"@ GIZ Ecuador\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">@ GIZ Ecuador<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 sur 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/DSC07706-rsuyzjoui4t07g8hjsrj19hblicxqmkgjxfiekc1s0.jpg\" alt=\"@ GIZ Ecuador\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">@ GIZ Ecuador<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 sur 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/DSC07744-1-rsuyzyq9jhdld7mn3z9k55op3oat5s85xzva2zpr0g.jpg\" alt=\"@ GIZ Ecuador\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">@ GIZ Ecuador<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 sur 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/DSC07634-rsuyzjoui4t07g8hjsrj19hblicxqmkgjxfiekc1s0.jpg\" alt=\"@ GIZ Ecuador\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">@ GIZ Ecuador<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5266f9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5266f9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The results are evident in Alto Huino\u2019s commercial growth. Since joining SAFE Ecuador, t<strong>he volume of coffee marketed by Alto Huino through Waylla Kuri to Quijote Kaffee increased from 20 quintals in 2024 to 40 quintals in 2026. <\/strong>At the same time, the community consolidated itself as a cooperative, making it possible to strengthen production monitoring, improve quality management and consolidate traceability from origin to export.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97b1e8a e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"97b1e8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-193a493 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"193a493\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/C0001T01-2-rsuyblr45w4y7js5anqo1kcw11rafmc1zqjjh1j70o.jpg\" title=\"Pingo, Roaster and Founder of Quijote Kaffee\" alt=\"@ GIZ Ecuador\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd0162e elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"dd0162e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tWe now have confidence that our coffee supply is secure. We can also look to the future with confidence, knowing that both the quality and quantity of the coffee are ensured, along with compliance with European regulations.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Pingo, Roaster and Founder of Quijote Kaffee<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0e8dfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0e8dfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Beyond these results, <strong>SAFE Ecuador achieved something uncommon:<\/strong> connecting two producer organizations from different Amazonian provinces through a shared commercial partnership to seize a market opportunity in a region where long distances, limited connectivity and difficult access often make collaboration challenging.<\/p><p>Today, the commercial partnership coordinated through Waylla Kuri brings together <strong>451 chakra coffee producers, more than 95% of whom belong to Kichwa families, while 55.3% are women, <\/strong>who play a key role in harvesting and quality control.<\/p><p>This experience demonstrates that maintaining access to international markets is not only about finding a new commercial partner. It also requires strengthening local organizations, building trust throughout the supply chain and creating the conditions for long-term collaboration. By connecting Amazonian producer organizations with international buyers such as Quijote Kaffee, SAFE Ecuador helped transform a commercial disruption into an opportunity to build a stronger, more resilient and more transparent coffee value chain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d328be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d328be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/DSC07849-1-rsuyzpbvn50t7llxsa05qafl7wcrpoziyq63l62xhc.jpg\" title=\"Ecuador Amazon Coffee Cooperation\" alt=\"@ GIZ Ecuador\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">@ GIZ Ecuador<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f72dd9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f72dd9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW146090477 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodeforestationhub.eu\/projects\/safe\/ecuador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW146090477 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW146090477 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">SAFE Ecuador<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW146090477 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW146090477 BCX8\">\u00a0carried out activities from September 2022 to June 2026. The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW146090477 BCX8\">programme\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW146090477 BCX8\"> achievements and impacts are documented in the articles, knowledge products, and reports available on this website.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A three-year trade relationship between Alto Huino, a coffee-producing community in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and Quijote Kaffee, a German specialty coffee importer, faced an uncertain future. The intermediary organization responsible for exporting Alto Huino\u2019s coffee ceased operations due to financial difficulties, leaving producers without a way to continue supplying their buyer. 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