COOPAC is a coffee cooperative founded in 2001 in Rwanda by Emmanuel Rwakagara. It has grown from 110 founding members to over 8,000 members currently. COOPAC focuses on producing high quality, fair trade certified Arabica coffee using careful hand picking and wet processing methods. The cooperative exports about 150 containers of coffee per year and sells 9 pounds of coffee for $60. In addition to coffee production, COOPAC promotes agroforestry and community development projects to support members and local communities.

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3. COOPAC
• What?
• Company focused on producing the highest quality,
fare trade coffee for the gourmet market
• Where?
• Gisenyi region of Lake Kivu in
Rwanda

4. COOPAC
• Who?
• Emmanuel Rwakagara - founder and current
Managing Director of COOPAC
• He established coopac with the help of coffee
farmers in the region who are current members and
shareholders of Coopac.

5. COOPAC
• When?
• Coopac was established in April of 2001 with 110
members
• membership in 2004 had risen to 1,500 members
• Currently that number stands at 8,000 members
from the six areas

6. COOPAC
• WHY?
• The initial objectives was to take advantage of
the excellent natural resources in the region
and focus on producing the highest quality
coffee for the gourmet market

7. COOPAC
• How do they produce coffee?
• Arabica carefully hand-picked processed using the wet method
• first the beans are submerged in a water bath (16-36 hours) until
they have fully expanded and totally softened
• Then a machine seperates the pulp by applying friction right before
being placed into concrete water tanks and left to ferment for the
following 36 hours
• This process of fermentation is vital in breaking down any viscous
substances that remain on the beans after depulping.

8. COOPAC
• After the fermentation process is complete the coffee beans are
forced against a strong water current to free them from any
remaining pulp and impurities
• The ripest beans are the heaviest beans so they sink to the bottom
of the water tanks where they can be collected easily by the sorters
• It is then dried in the sun for no less than three weeks over high
raised large tables made of fine-mesh wire netting.
• The left over outer layers of the bean are then removed by hulling
leaving us with green coffee that is packed into sacks and later
exported

9. COOPAC
• How many coffee do they produce ? How
much does it cost?
• Coopac exported 150 containers of Fair Trade
certified coffee per year
• Price per 9 pounds
is 60,00$

10. COOPAC
• Here are some products made from Coopac
coffee

12. COOPAC
Activities:
Coopac is currently promoting and providing shade
tree saplings and agroforestry education to all its
members so as to adhere to strict organic practices
with ongoing assistance provided to fair trade
community based initiatives which has so far enabled
in:
the construction of schools
health-care clinics
roads and bridges
local women and youth development programs

13. information resources
http://www.coopac.com/about-us.html
https://www.google.sk/search?q=coopac+coffee+production&espv=2&site=w
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-20-lb-Green-Coffee-Beans-Rwanda-Kanazi-
COOPAC-Certified-ORGANIC-Fair-Trade-/332059957996

14. If you want to know more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CjPkYJyp-w