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You can find out how to deactivate or delete cookies in general (i.e. including the essential cookies) in your browser can be found under the last point of this Cookie Policy.

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The legal basis for the use of these first party cookies is the legitimate interest (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of the website and services) within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

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The site visitor also has the right to object to the processing of personal data that is used for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR for reasons that arise from the particular situation of the user in question. In order to exercise the aforementioned and other data subject rights, the affected party may, at any time, contact the site owner via the contact address provided in the imprint or privacy policy.

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You can withdraw your consent to the use of Marketing / Third Party / Consent Based Cookies individually and at any time with effect for the future by adjusting your Cookie Settings accordingly.

Due to the various purposes described above, the legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is set out in Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Where the site visitor has given us consent to the use of cookies on the basis of a notice(Cookie banner) displayed on our websites (“cookies banner”), the legality of the data usage is additionally governed by Art. 6 (1) (1) (a) GDPR.

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NKG BLOOM officially launched in Hamburg

On Thursday, September 14th, all partners of NKG BLOOM met in the headquarters of Neumann Kaffee Gruppe in Hamburg for the official kick-off of NKG BLOOM. The event was opened by David M. Neumann (Managing Partner of Neumann Gruppe GmbH) followed by several partners and
stake-holders in the presence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Uganda, J.M. Muhindo. Speakers representing their companies or organisations presented their individual shares in NKG BLOOM, what challenges they faced so far and why they continued to be very enthusiastic about the programs’ success. Catalina Eikenberg, Head of Sustainability at Bernhard Rothfos, confirmed this enthusiasm by bringing the first positive results and lessons learned.

The presentations were followed by a Q&A session and a demonstration cupping, after which all guests had the opportunity to get to know each other over a light dinner and drinks.

With this cookie policy, we wish to inform you about the use of cookies or similar storage technologies (hereinafter “cookies”) on this website.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser on your device to save certain information or image files, such as pixels. The next time you visit our website on the same device, the information saved in the cookies will subsequently be transmitted either to our website (“First Party Cookie”) or to another website to which the cookie belongs (“Third Party Cookie”).

Through the information saved and returned, the respective website recognizes that you have already accessed and visited it with the browser you use on that device. We use this information to be able to design and display the website in an optimum way in line with your preferences.

In that respect, only the cookie itself is identified on your device. Beyond this extent, your personal data will only be saved upon your express consent or if it is strictly necessary to be able to use the service offered to and accessed by you accordingly.

Consent to the use of Cookies

Cookies that are not absolutely necessary to make the services available on our website are only used when we receive your consent. As soon as you actively use our website by continuing to use our website after the cookie banner has been displayed, you consent to the use of cookies.

You can, of course, customize your cookie settings at any time, for example by activating or deactivating individual cookie categories.

You can find out how to deactivate or delete cookies in general (i.e. including the essential cookies) in your browser can be found under the last point of this Cookie Policy.

Cookie Categories

We divide the cookies we use into the following categories based on their purpose and function:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies;
• Functional Cookies;
• Performance Cookies; as well as
• Marketing / Third Party / Consent Based Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies guarantee functions without which you cannot use this web page and service as intended. These cookies are used exclusively by this website and are therefore first party cookies. This means that all information stored in the cookies will be returned to this website.

Strictly necessary cookies serve, for example, to ensure that you as a registered user always remain logged in when accessing various subpages of our website and thus do not have to re-enter your login data every time you access a new page.

The following strictly necessary cookies are used on our website:

The use of strictly necessary cookies on this website is possible without your consent. For this reason, strictly necessary cookies cannot be activated or deactivated individually. However, you can deactivate cookies in your browser at any time. This function is only available for cookies that require your consent, i.e. the functional, performance and marketing / third party / consent based cookies. However, you can deactivate cookies in your browser at any time (see below ”Deactivation or deletion of all cookies”).

The legal basis for the use of these first party cookies is the legitimate interest (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of the website and services) within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Functional Cookies

Functionality cookies enable our website to store information already provided (such as registered name or language selection) and to offer you improved and more personalized functions based on this information. These cookies collect and store only anonymous information so that they cannot track your movements on other websites.

The following functional cookies are used on this website:

You can opt out of using Functional Cookies at any time by adjusting your Cookie Settings accordingly.

The legal basis for the use of these functional cookies is the legitimate interest (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of the website and services) within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies collect information about how our websites are used in order to improve their attractiveness, content and functionality. These cookies help us, for example, to determine whether and which subpages of our website are visited and in which content users are particularly interested. In particular, we record the number of visits to a page, the number of subpages accessed, the time spent on our website, the order of the pages visited, which search terms led you to us, the country, region and, if applicable, the city from which access has been made, and the proportion of mobile devices accessing our websites. The IP address of your computer, that is transmitted for technical reasons, is also automatically anonymized and does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the individual user.

The site visitor also has the right to object to the processing of personal data that is used for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR for reasons that arise from the particular situation of the user in question. In order to exercise the aforementioned and other data subject rights, the affected party may, at any time, contact the site owner via the contact address provided in the imprint or privacy policy.

The following Performance cookies are used on our website:

You can opt out of using Performance Cookies at any time by adjusting your Cookie Settings accordingly.

Marketing / Third Party / Consent Based Cookies

Marketing / Third Party / Consent Based Cookies originate from external advertising companies (among others) and are used to gather information about the websites visited by the user, in order to e.g. create targeted advertising for the user.

The following Marketing / Third Party / Consent Based Cookies are used on our website:

You can withdraw your consent to the use of Marketing / Third Party / Consent Based Cookies individually and at any time with effect for the future by adjusting your Cookie Settings accordingly.

Due to the various purposes described above, the legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is set out in Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Where the site visitor has given us consent to the use of cookies on the basis of a notice(Cookie banner) displayed on our websites (“cookies banner”), the legality of the data usage is additionally governed by Art. 6 (1) (1) (a) GDPR.

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You can set your web browser in such a way that cookies are generally prevented from being saved to your device and/or that you are asked each time whether you are in agreement with cookies being enabled. You can also at any time delete cookies that have been enabled again. You can find out how all this works in detail via your browser’s help function.

Please note that generally deactivating cookies may lead to functional restrictions on our website.

NKG Bloom is mainly coordinated by Neumann Kaffee Gruppe’s Hamburg-based importer Bernhard Rothfos GmbH.

Catalina Eikenberg
Head of Sustainable Business,
Neumann Gruppe GmbH

Tel. (+49) 40 37001-0

Email: catalina.eikenberg@nkg.coffee

Lena Tippel

Communications Manager, Bernhard Rothfos GmbH

Tel. (+49) 40 37001-0

Email: lena.tippel@nkg.coffee

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Insofar as the user shall use the website in the course of a commercial or other business activity or for a public institution, Paragraph 312e I, No. 1 to 3 of the German Civil Code (“Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch”) shall not apply to such activity. Should any texts, images, files, software and any other contents of this website (hereafter referred to as “content”) intended for commercial enterprises or public institutions be used in the course of such activity, then the user shall be deemed to have acted in the name of such enterprise or institution, which shall be accountable for such actions.

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Version: April 2018, Neumann Gruppe GmbH

IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative convenes companies, civil society organizations, governments and others in public-private partnerships. Together stakeholders drive the joint designing, co-funding and prototyping of economically viable approaches to realizing green & inclusive growth at scale in commodity sectors and sourcing areas. Approaches are designed to drive sustainability from niche to norm, delivering impact on the Sustainable Development Goals. Focusing on delivering impact on the mitigation of deforestation, improving living wages and working conditions, responsible pesticide management and gender equality.

Headquartered in the Netherlands, IDH is supported by multiple European governments, including institutional donors: SECO, DANIDA and BUZA. With over 500 partners (companies, CSOs, financial institutions, producer organizations and governments) in 11 sectors and 11 landscapes in over 50 countries worldwide.

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We always treat your personal data in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations. We have appointed a competent and reliable external data protection officer.

External data protection is provided by UIMC Dr. Voßbein GmbH & Co KG.

In the following, we would like to inform you about the processing of personal data.

Collection and processing of personal data
You can, in principle, use our online offer without revealing your identity. Should we request personal data on our websites (such as name, address or e-mail address), for example in the context of contact forms or when registering, any such personal data is given entirely voluntarily. We use this information for our own business purposes (such as sending the requested materials / information).

For questions of any kind, you may contact us via contact details available on our website. In this case, personal data may be required in order to be able to properly allocate and answer the request/question. Further information can be provided voluntarily. The data that will allow us to contact you is processed in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sent. 1 lit. a of the GDPR and is based on your voluntarily granted consent.

The personal data collected for the purpose of contacting us will be deleted once your request/question has been answered and once the tax and commercial retention requirements have expired.

Once you have given your consent – for example, for us to send you a newsletter or other interesting information concerning our company – you may revoke it at any time without stating reasons with effect for the future. To do this, you can use the above-mentioned contact details or another way mentioned in the newsletter.

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• Referrer (page whose link led you to this website)
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• The IP address is evaluated to determine the country of origin and the provider
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The aforementioned data is collected based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sent. 1 lit. f of the GDPR and is processed by us for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
• Ensuring that use of our website is comfortable,
• Evaluation of system security and stability, as well as
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We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of any concrete indications of illegal use. The data will be deleted immediately if it is no longer required, but no later than after six months.

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Your data will in principle not be transferred to third parties, for commercial or non-commercial purposes, without your explicit consent. We pass your personal data on to third parties only if this is permitted and/or required by law [e.g. on the basis of Article 6 of the GDPR]. In some cases, we use service providers for the statutory data order processing; the website is hosted by RAIDBOXES GmbH and maintained by Lena Tippel/Christian Knott. Full responsibility for the processing of data lies with us. Furthermore, we sometimes use plug-ins from other providers on our website, more details on which can be found below.

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The contents of this site were created with the greatest of care. We can, however, assume no liability for the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the content. We, as the service provider, are responsible under general law for our own content on this website.

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Rights of data subjects
We hereby inform you that, in accordance with Article 15 et seq. of the GDPR and under the conditions defined therein, you have the right to information about your personal data, as well as to rectification or deletion or restriction of the processing of your data, and you furthermore have a right to object to the processing and transfer of data. You also have the right, under Article 77 of the GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a data protection regulatory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violated the GDPR. If the processing is based on Article 6 Para. 1 (a) of the GDPR or Article 9 Para. 2 (a) of the GDPR (consent), you also have the right to revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing that took place up until your consent was revoked.

Right to information, Art. 15 GDPR
You have the right to request information about whether and to what extent your personal data will beprocessed (in particular processing purpose, recipient of the data, duration of storage, etc.).

Right to rectification of data, Art. 16 GDPR
You have the right to request correction of your stored data if it is incorrect or incomplete. This includes the right to be completed/corrected through supplementary statements or communications.

Right to deletion of data, Art. 17 GDPR
You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data. This is possible, for example, if the data is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or if the data is to be deleted due to legal obligations. In individual cases, however, this right may be excluded.

Right to restriction of processing, Art. 18 GDPR
You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. This is possible, for example, if your data is incorrectly recorded or if the data processing is unlawful. If the processing is restricted, the data may be processed only in narrowly defined cases.

Right to data transferability, Art. 20 GDPR
You have the right to demand that the data concerning you be returned to you or to a person appointed by you in a standard electronic, machine-readable data format, if you have provided this data yourself.

Right to object, Art. 21 GDPR
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning you at any time with future effect, provided that the processing of the data serves to protect legitimate interests (see Article 6 Para. 1 lit. e), f) of the GDPR). If you object, it will be verified whether the legal requirements for the processing of your data are in place and, if they are not in place, no further processing of your data will be undertaken.

Right to complain to the regulatory authorities, Art. 77 GDPR
You have the right to contact the competent regulatory authority of the European Union or the member states at any time for possible violations of data protection regulations.

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To make traveling easier, we offer you the use of Google Maps to display maps and receive travel directions. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. These pages will be marked accordingly.

When Google Maps is called up and retrieved, Google sets a cookie to process user preferences and data when viewing the page and associated features on which Google Maps is integrated. This cookie is usually not deleted by closing the browser, but expires after a certain period of time (up to 24 months), unless it has been deleted by you.

If you do not agree with this processing, it is possible to disable “Google Maps” and thus to prevent the transfer of data to Google. Deactivate the JavaScript function in your browser. We would like to point out, however, that in this case you cannot use the map display or you may only be able to use it to a limited extent.

By using this service, you agree to the collection, processing and use by Google of the data collected and the data you have entered. The Google Maps terms of service can be found at http://www.google.com/intl/en_en/help/terms_maps.html [external page]

Change of our privacy policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy from time to time to keep it continually abreast of legal requirements or to implement any changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. Your new visit will then be subject to the new privacy policy.

Questions
If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact directly our data protection officer, who will also be available with his team to handle requests for information, questions or complaints.

Contact details for the data protection officer
Dr. Jörn Voßbein, external Data Protection Officer, Nützenberger Straße 119, 42115 Wuppertal, Germany

https://Datenschutz.UIMC.de
Tel.: 0202 – 265 74 0

Version: April 2018, Neumann Gruppe GmbH

Coffee is by far the largest export product of Uganda, accounting for 20% of export revenues. With approx. 1.3 million households, Uganda has the largest number of coffee farming families in the world.

Despite favorable agro-climatic conditions for its production and a constant global increase in demand for the product, those smallholder coffee farmers still operate at a very low productivity. The reasons for this are varied, such as a lack of reliable access to agronomic skills, inputs, finance and markets. The farmers as well as Ugandan exporter Ibero are falling far short of their possible potential.

Therefore, NKG BLOOM was initiated by importer Bernhard Rothfos and Ugandan exporter Ibero, both members of Hamburg based Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. They established a network of partner companies in order to create NKG BLOOM,  a sustainable sourcing strategy.

At the heart of NKG BLOOM is the set up of a fully fledged Farmer Financing Unit within the Ibero operation. This unit provides fertilizer and cash advances to farmers, as part of a 2-year crop-nutrition program that should increase farm-level productivity by at least 75% after 2 years. Moreover, Ibero is setting up, through a complex and innovative set of partnerships, an ecosystem of support to farmers that includes agronomy and financial literacy trainings. For Ibero, this is a business opportunity and not just a CSR initiative. The idea is to be able to grow its sourcing capacity and ultimately its business competitiveness hand in hand with the growth of farmers.

Several years before NKG BLOOM was initiated, the non-profit foundation Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) has started its work in Uganda in order to build the Coffee Farmer Alliance (UCFA) – laying the foundation for NKG BLOOM: 

In Uganda, smallholder coffee farmers from several coffee regions are organized in 82 Depot Committees (DC’s), which are registered companies with up to 800 farmers and so-called Producer Organizations, a group of up to 30 farmers.  All DC’s are organized by the Coffee Farmer Alliance (UCFA).

In January 2017, NKG BLOOM has started  and has already disbursed fertilizers to 493 farmers at 7 Depot Committees.

Today, the average Ugandan farmer produces only 550 kg of green coffee per ha, in one main crop and one fly crop,  while its counterpart in Vietnam yields on average 2.500 kg per ha. But Demo-plots of HRNS in Uganda prove, that the average yield of the Ugandan farmer could increase up to 1.625 per ha within only two years.  What the Ugandan farmer needs is basically fertilizer and cash (besides agronomic training).

A 2 year crop nutrition program cycle is the starting point for Ibero Uganda and all partners to improve the smallholder coffee farmers’ livelihoods and to establish the sustainable sourcing strategy in Uganda. Every farmer has to meet specific eligibility criteria and to complete an application process before he is getting two guaranteed fertilizer and cash (mobile money) disbursements.

After every two disbursements, the farmer has to fully repay the disbursements by bringing coffee to exporter Ibero Uganda.
The farmer cannot reapply for the next two disbursements before the repayment is fully done.

In 2014, 39 year-old Mukabera Rose decided to take charge of her life again and left her abusive husband. She started making a living through her 2 acres of planted coffee, pigs and chickens. In August 2017, she took 120 USD in mobile money advance, which she used to pay for school fees and buy cow dung to fertilize her orange trees. For the first time in her life she did not have to go to the local coyote to access cash for this critical need … more

Genza Simon is 27 years old and supports a family of 7 persons. He owns 500 coffee trees on an area of 1.5 acres and had never used fertilizer before he started participating in NKG BLOOM nine months ago. After his successful application he received a fertilizer advance of 100 g per tree in March and 100 g per tree in August. Now it is main coffee harvest season and he estimates that his coffee production per tree has tripled from 2 kg to 6 kg. That is a 200% increase in less than a year – we are impressed!

Rajab Kiwanuka has participated in NKG BLOOM for the last two seasons and has already sold 17.087kgs of kiboko (dried coffee cherries) to the DC. By now, he has borrowed 500kgs of CAN and 500kgs of NPK fertilizer for his farm measuring 10 acres as well as approx. $600 in cash. We are looking forward to see more farms bloom and farmers smile like Rajab!

On Thursday, September 14th, all partners of NKG BLOOM met in the headquarters of Neumann Kaffee Gruppe in Hamburg for the official kick-off of NKG BLOOM. The event was opened by David M. Neumann (Managing Partner of Neumann Gruppe GmbH) followed by several partners and stake-holders in the presence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Uganda, J.M. Muhindo. Speakers representing … more

Do you want to know more about the latest progress at NKG BLOOM? 

NKG BLOOM can only be successful with the help of the following partners and suppliers:

“Combining private investments with GIZ experiences in financial product refinement and farmer training, this project is an innovative attempt to bridge existing gaps in the access to financial services for smallholders.”

“NKG BLOOM is not just another CSR project to include in a company´s annual report. It´s about transforming the heart of the coffee sourcing business in a manner that holds the potential to lift thousands of smallholder farmers out of poverty.”

“The most satisfying feeling is to see the look of gratitude in the eyes of a farmer in whose life you have made a positive impact. That is what is happening with NKG BLOOM. The first batch of farmers have started seeing good results on their gardens and over 92% of them have already paid off all or half of their advances and have come for the second batch.”

“NKG BLOOM Project is providing smallholder farmers a key service that most financial institutions have to date not been able to offer effectively. Access to financial services is critical for farmers to invest in production and to break out of the vicious cycle of dependency towards middlemen.”

Learn more about how our project partners and suppliers support NKG BLOOM:

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NKG BLOOM – Press Release

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Statement by the UCFA

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