500,000+ Colombian smallholder coffee and cocoa farmers face EU market exclusion if their cooperatives cannot produce EUDR-compliant Due Diligence Statements by December 2026. Individual farmers cannot absorb the cost of farm-level GPS registration, deforestation verification, and FPIC documentation. Development finance institutions are the mechanism.
Origo’s Cooperative Dashboard provides full EUDR onboarding for DFI-funded cooperatives at €0 to the farmer — CTH recovers cost through DFI grant reporting.
What does a DFI fund in the Origo programme?
- Farm GPS polygon registration (field data collection via KoboToolbox)
- IDEAM deforestation verification per farm
- FPIC documentation for Indigenous communities
- Cooperative Dashboard access (farm status tracking, DDS draft generation)
- CTH technical staff to support cooperative onboarding
What DFIs are already aligned with EUDR?
| DFI | Mandate Alignment |
|---|---|
| GIZ | Colombia rural development mandate |
| IDB/BID | Colombia rural development |
| CAF | LATAM climate finance |
| UNDP | SDG 15 — forests |
| EU Delegation Colombia | EUDR technical assistance |
| Fondo Acción | Colombian biodiversity |
What is the grant ask?
Scope: 10 cooperatives / 50,000 farmers / 12 months.
Budget: Contact Gideon Blaauw — gideon.blaauw@cleantechhub.net
Frequently Asked Questions
Who pays for DDS submission — the DFI or the cooperative?
Flexible. DFI can fund a block of DDS submissions upfront, or cooperatives pay per-submitted DDS (€75 Starter). Origo’s billing layer supports both models via the DFI_SUBSIDY_ORG_IDS configuration.
What reporting does CTH provide to DFI funders?
Monthly: farms onboarded, farms verified (IDEAM + JRC), DDS drafts generated, DDS submitted. Annual: impact narrative, CO2 equivalent baseline, farmer income data.
Related: EUDR Compliance Platform · EUDR API Documentation
