Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative union /OCFCU/ limited liability is a small holder coffee growers owned cooperative union established in June 1, 1999 by 34 cooperatives with 22,691 farmers. Today there are 197 cooperatives with over 200,000 Members and 98,468,080 Capital. OCFCU is a democratic member’s owned business operating under the principles of International Cooperative Alliance and fair trade.
Members of Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union are the growers, processors and suppliers of high quality, organic Arabica coffee for the direct export.
The general objective of OCFCU is to export the farmers members coffee by passing the auction. OCFCU promotes Fair Trade for socially and environmentally sustainable techniques and long-term relationships between producers, traders and consumers.
Oromia Coffee Farmer’s Cooperative Union (OCFCU) aims to help small-scale coffee farmers to take advantage of the Fair Trade coffee market. OCFCU was established in order to help farmer families. OCFCU returns 70 percent of its net profits back to the cooperatives, and cooperatives back to members.
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