Cooperative — South Kivu
CAEKD coffee origin trail
CAEKD (Cooperative des Agriculteurs et Eleveurs de Kalehe pour le Développement Durable) is a 150+ member smallholder cooperative in Kalehe territory, South Kivu, whose cherry is processed at a mini-washing station on Idjwi Island run by Coffeelac.
Documented trail
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Region
South Kivu — Kalehe territory; washing at the Rugori mini-station (Buchiro, Kalehe per Sucafina's structured lot data — see discrepancy) 14
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Producer
CAEKD cooperative (150+ smallholder members) 14
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Destination
not publicly documented
Sources disagree
Disambiguation: Sucafina separately offers a "Rugori Fully Washed" lot from Busiga, Ngozi Province, Burundi, operated by Greenco — a different Rugori washing station on a different continent-scale supply chain. Do not confuse it with CAEKD's Rugori mini-washing station on Idjwi Island, DRC, run by Coffeelac. 5414
Sources disagree
The CAEKD lot page is internally inconsistent about the washing station's location: its structured "Subregion/Town" field says Buchiro, Kalehe (South Kivu mainland), while its narrative harvest text separately says cherry is brought to a mini washing station "on the Isle of Idjwi." We show both rather than pick one; the map on this site plots the structured Buchiro/Kalehe field. 14
Frequently asked
What is CAEKD?›
A cooperative of 150+ smallholder farmers in Kalehe territory, South Kivu, whose cherry is processed at a mini-washing station on Idjwi Island. 14
Who processes and exports CAEKD's coffee?›
Coffeelac washes it at the Rugori mini-station — Sucafina's own structured lot data places this in Buchiro, Kalehe territory, though the same page's narrative text separately describes it as on Idjwi Island (see disambiguation above) — and mills the dried parchment at its Goma Mill (capacity over 10,000 metric tonnes/year); Sucafina trades the resulting lots internationally. 14
Is DRC's Rugori washing station the same as Burundi's Rugori?›
No. They are two unrelated washing stations that happen to share a name — see the disambiguation note above. 5414
Where does CAEKD's coffee end up?›
Not publicly documented. It is sold as a Sucafina Specialty spot lot; no single named roaster or destination is on the public record. 14
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