A member of the Tujenge Kivu cooperative (CATK), sifts the hulled coffee to remove debris after feeding the machine for hulling before drying in the Bishange village on March 25, 2026. Founded in 2021, the cooperative brings together smallholder coffee producers to secure better prices, promote fair markets, and fight poor governance while respecting environmental standards. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images)

A small sack of coffee, collected during the inspection, is ready before the general harvest begins in the Bishange village on March 25, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images)

An employee, among the 600 employees of the Tujenge Kivu cooperative (CATK), handle the drying and sorting of coffee by spreading it out before it is transported to the processing factory in the Bishange village on March 25, 2026. Founded in 2021, the cooperative brings together smallholder coffee producers to secure better prices, promote fair markets, and fight poor governance while respecting environmental standards. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images)

Furaha Marta, a young agronomist from the Tujenge Kivu cooperative (CATK), weighs the coffee on a scale after checking the condition of the coffee trees to plan the harvest in the Bishange village on March 25, 2026. Founded in 2021, the cooperative brings together smallholder coffee producers to secure better prices, promote fair markets, and fight poor governance while respecting environmental standards. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images)

Ripe coffee cherries, having turned from green to red and yellow, indicate they are ready to be handpicked by agronomists and workers from the Tujenge Kivu cooperative in the Bishange village on March 25, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images)

Furaha Marta, a young agronomist from the Tujenge Kivu cooperative (CATK), submits her report to the field supervisor after checking the condition of the coffee trees to plan the harvest in the Bishange village on March 25, 2026. Founded in 2021, the cooperative brings together smallholder coffee producers to secure better prices, promote fair markets, and fight poor governance while respecting environmental standards. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images)

Agronomists and workers from the Tujenge Kivu cooperative handpick the first coffee cherries from their field since planting in the Bishange village on March 25, 2026. Founded in 2021, the cooperative brings together smallholder coffee producers to secure better prices, promote fair markets, and fight poor governance while respecting environmental standards. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images)

Furaha Marta, a young agronomist from the Tujenge Kivu cooperative (CATK), inspects the condition of coffee plants ahead of harvest in a member's field in the Bishange village on March 25, 2026. Founded in 2021, the cooperative brings together smallholder coffee producers to secure better prices, promote fair markets, and fight poor governance while respecting environmental standards. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images)