Beautiful Coffee Nepal (BeaCoN) was
established in 2014 as a resource center for coffee sub-sector development in
Nepal with technical expertise in coffee production, processing and marketing.
It is only one of its kind in Nepal established by experienced coffee related
individuals including farmers and technical experts with an aim of developing
the coffee commodity for the benefit of the coffee producer farmers.
Thus, BeaCoN has the primary objective of
uplifting the socio-economic condition of the small farmers in the mid-hills
specifically the coffee farmers through coffee production in environment
friendly manner maintaining the biodiversity and through institutionalized
collection, processing and marketing system under the coffee producers’
cooperatives.
BeaCoN is committed to develop the coffee
sub-sector of Nepal in a sustainable manner and through increased production of
organic coffee, improvement of quality of coffee and introduction of Fair Trade
concept for the benefit of smallholder coffee farmers organized into coffee
producers’ groups and cooperatives.
Presently BeaCoN is working in six
districts, Gulmi, Palpa, Syangja, Kaski in Western Development Region and
Sindhupalchok in Central Development Region as a coffee sub-sector development
program and Lalitpur in Central Development Region for establishment of
marketing platform.
BeaCoN implements its activities mainly in
partnership and collaboration with local organizations.