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Peru is a major country for our coffee portfolio and for superfoods like quinoa and chia.
We are the largest multi-national processor and exporter of Peruvian green coffee supplying roaster customers around the world.
Our business model relies on our direct relationships, so we partner with more than 3,500 farmers, cooperatives, collecting their crop as close as possible to the farm gate, and managing the entire supply chain from origination to processing, sales and delivery. We have also invested in 2 modern coffee processing mills with the most advanced technologies to maintain and preserve the quality produced by the farmers.
Our sustainability programmes currently reach more than 6,000 coffee, quinoa and chia smallholder farmers, making significant positive impact to their livelihoods. The programmes are focused on optimising farm economics and creating a positive environmental and social impact in the communities and landscapes in some of the least developed areas of the country. We strive to develop customised solutions to improve yields, quality, and market access, and provide training on forest preservation and reforestation and climate smart agri-practices.
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"We owe our success in Peru to strong partnerships with the farming community and a passionate and ambitious team, who are focused on continued growth and excellence."
Our business in Peru employs 170 people full time, 35 permanent seasonal workers and approximately 55 contract workers across 4 key locations.
Prashant Jalan,
Vice President and Country Head, PeruNews, Views and Insights
23rd Jun, 2021
Olam Food Ingredients announces targets to tackle poverty and scale up sustainability in global cashew supply chains
London
Today Olam Food Ingredients (“OFI”), one of the world’s largest suppliers of ingredients* from almonds to black pepper, has published sustainability targets to tackle the biggest challenges in the global cashew supply chain, starting with farmer livelihoods.
Cashew farmers are among the poorest in the world. Most are smallholders in rural areas across Africa and Asia and cannot always grow enough to feed their families, afford much-needed healthcare or send their children to school. OFI, which has directly supported over 50,000 cashew farmers over the last decade, hopes to change this and encourage others in the sector to collaborate for measurable change.
The Cashew Trail strategy sets 2030 targets across OFI’s cashew business – in line with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals1 and OFI’s commitment to deliver naturally good, sustainable ingredients. These include ambitious goals to fight poverty by increasing avera
1st Oct, 2020
Coffee kiosk gives Brazilian smallholders direct access to global markets
Olam is experimenting with technologies that reach remote coffee farmers and empower them to sell to the company directly, thereby giving them access to global market prices.
Its first kiosk in Ibicocara - Brazil's Bahia region, allows farmers to drop off coffee samples and then Olam manages the testing and pricing negotiation via its digital platform, Olam Direct. The company has received more than 50 samples in July, its first month of operation, and farmer feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Olam hopes to roll out the kiosks to serve additional farmers in 2021 and the locations may offer other value-add services for farmers and their communities.
Edmilson Rocha Aguiar, who farms 140 miles away from the closest Olam facility in Vitoria da Conquista, was one of the first participants in the kiosk test.
1st Feb, 2021
Working to “END” neglected tropical diseases in our lifetime
1.7 billion people – or 1 in 5 globally – are affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Despite this, they remain a relatively unknown burden that are yet to be effectively tackled.
Olam – comprising Olam Food Ingredients (OFI) and Olam Global Agri (OGA) – has partnered with The END Fund – the only private philanthropic initiative solely dedicated to ending the most common NTDs – to improve the lives of people affected by these diseases. Together, we have been working across Olam's various supply chains in Africa - particularly cashew, as well as rice, grains, and other ingredients – to solve the burden of these diseases.
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