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F C O O C V U ER SB ST E O V R ER Y AGES Ansila Sixbert Milinga one of the Lupembe Mamas from the Kibanga co-operative Bühler upkeeps eco-warrior coffee co-op’s green efforts As a newly established coffee origi- nating business committed to combating deforestation, Tanzania- based Kijani Hai has been going from strength to strength. With the Bühler DA Multi Vision optical sorter installed at the heart of its new export line, the company has recorded a 20% increase in its annual savings thanks to less physical loss of coffee. Established in the early 1970s, the CTCS Group is an independent, multi- discipline service provider and partner to suppliers and manufacturers in the coffee, peanut and edible seeds indus- tries worldwide. Headquartered in the 22 AMEFT 3 2021 UK, the family-owned Group has offic- es in Africa, Europe, the United States and Australia. The Group holds three subsidiaries, one of which is CTCS Green Coffee. In 2019, CTCS Green Coffee set up an originating business in Tanzania, a country renowned for its high-quality coffee. The co-operative, known as Kijani Hai, procures, processes and exports green Arabica coffee from the Ilela Coffee Plateau – an area, approxi- mately 50 km from the Mbinga region that has been used for coffee farming for the last four decades. The com- pany has 21 staff, four field operations around Tanzania and 9,000 farmers. It exported more than 2,800 tons of cof- fee in 2020 but is expecting to achieve 5,000 MT within the next two seasons. Kijani Hai holds Organic and Rainfor- est Alliance certifications (RFA). Com- panies certified under the Rainforest Alliance Certification Programs are trained to implement agricultural prac- tices that help reduce the impact of one of the biggest issues faced by the coffee industry: deforestation. With forecasts predicting a sharp, ongoing rise in coffee consumption, it is likely that this will drive even more defor- estation if no precautionary measures (Source: Bühler) The co-operative, known as Kijani Hai, procures, processes and exports green Arabica coffee from the Ilela Coffee Plateau – an area, approximately 50 km from the Mbinga region that has been used for coffee farming for the last four decades. Rainforest Alliance certified Kijani Hai is living green and combating deforestation. www.ameft.com