À partir de XXᵉ siècle
Southern Rwanda
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Gemima Mukashyaka is presented as a cooperative coffee farmer in Southern Rwanda who rebuilt her livelihood after the 1994 genocide killed eight members of her family. By joining a cooperative, she gained better bargaining power and used her profits to hire workers, build a house, and obtain health insurance for her family. Her experience illustrates the economic and reconciliatory role attributed to coffee cooperatives.
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Gemima Mukashyaka farmed coffee in Southern Rwanda after the genocide had killed eight members of her family in 1994. Like many other farmers, she struggled to produce enough on a small plot and faced the difficulty of traveling long distances to sell her crop. Her circumstances reflected the insecurity and limited resources confronting rural households after the conflict.
A group of growers formed a cooperative to negotiate with Rwanda’s national coffee company. Acting collectively, they obtained a better price than individual farmers could secure, and the cooperative attracted more than 1,500 members. For Gemima, participation represented a decisive economic opportunity in a setting where isolated smallholders had little negotiating power.
Gemima used her cooperative profits to hire additional workers, improve her family’s living conditions, build a new house, and obtain health insurance. The cooperative also brought her into sustained contact with people who had suffered from the genocide, encouraging a desire to move beyond ethnic divisions and rebuild a shared future.
À partir de XXᵉ siècle
Southern Rwanda
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
Gemima Mukashyaka is presented as a cooperative coffee farmer in Southern Rwanda who rebuilt her livelihood after the 1994 genocide killed eight members of her family. By joining a cooperative, she gained better bargaining power and used her profits to hire workers, build a house, and obtain health insurance for her family. Her experience illustrates the economic and reconciliatory role attributed to coffee cooperatives.
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Le récit
Gemima Mukashyaka farmed coffee in Southern Rwanda after the genocide had killed eight members of her family in 1994. Like many other farmers, she struggled to produce enough on a small plot and faced the difficulty of traveling long distances to sell her crop. Her circumstances reflected the insecurity and limited resources confronting rural households after the conflict.
A group of growers formed a cooperative to negotiate with Rwanda’s national coffee company. Acting collectively, they obtained a better price than individual farmers could secure, and the cooperative attracted more than 1,500 members. For Gemima, participation represented a decisive economic opportunity in a setting where isolated smallholders had little negotiating power.
Gemima used her cooperative profits to hire additional workers, improve her family’s living conditions, build a new house, and obtain health insurance. The cooperative also brought her into sustained contact with people who had suffered from the genocide, encouraging a desire to move beyond ethnic divisions and rebuild a shared future.
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