Rosa Judith Rodríguez, a 54 year old woman and a mother of three children, has been dedicated to coffee growing since she was very young. She owns a small farm in the municipality of San Juan Opico, department of La…
Azucena Tafur is a nursery owner and a coffee producer from the town of Chachapoyas, a city located in the department of Amazonas, Peru. She has been growing coffee for 5 years and has a nursery where she produces and…
An initiative to sign purchase/sale contracts connects Guatemalan coffee producers with the exporter Peter Schoenfeld S.A., a member of the Volcafe Group. MOCCA is a 7-year initiative funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Food for…
The good fertilization practices that Dominga Díaz learned in the training at MOCCA allowed her to double the cocoa yields of her farm and improve her family’s income. MOCCA is a 7-year initiative funded by the United States Department of…
MOCCA and Mercon Coffee Group provide technical training to coffee producers in Jinotega (Nicaragua), to help them increase their productivity and profitability. MOCCA is a 7-year initiative funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Food for…
The good agricultural practices learned in the trainings provided by MOCCA, Lutheran World Relief and Cacao Verapaz, allowed cocoa farmers in Alta Verapaz (Guatemala) to double their production and increase their income. MOCCA is a 7-year initiative funded by the…
MOCCA is primarily funded by the US Department of Agriculture through their Food for Progress Program, which seeks to expand agricultural productivity and trade. Additional MOCCA co-funders include: The J.M. Smucker Company, JDE, Peets, Keurig-Dr. Pepper, Nespresso, Olam, and the Kellogg’s Company.
In 2020 TechnoServe received the award for "Coffee Support Organization of the Year" from the National Coffee Association of the United States (NCA). TechnoServe operates in 29 countries, linking people to information, capital and markets and has helped millions of smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs create lasting prosperity for their families and communities. TechnoServe is the MOCCA Consortium Leader and leads the coffee program.
Lutheran World Relief is an international Non Profit organization that strives to defeat world póverty by helping individuals to adapt to the challenges that threaten their livelihoods and wellbeing.The organization provides assistance in emergencies and partners communities to build and grow rural communities. Lutheran World Relief leads the Cacao activities of MOCCA for all target countries.
World Coffee Research is a pre-competitive, multi-stakeholder platform that enables the global coffee industry to invest in cutting-edge agricultural R&D to transform coffee production into a profitable and sustainable livelihood that can meet growing demand while protecting natural resources. WCR leads MOCCA's activities related to (large) nurseries, as well as research and dissemination activities in coffee.
ISF is committed to transforming rural communities through the creation of partnerships and investment structures that foster the financial inclusion of rural businesses and small holder farmers. ISF leads the efforts of MOCCA in the design and implementation of long term sustainable funding mechanisms that support the rehabilitation and renovation of smallholder coffee and cacao farms within target countries.
Rikolto empowers farm groups in Africa. Asia, Europe and Latin America to become sound trading partners that implement long lasting sustainable practices, helping them to comply with quality standards and connecting them with innovators of the food industry to explore new ways of doing business. Rikolto supports MOCCA´s cacao initiatives in Ecuador.
Bioversity International is a global development research organization that provides scientific evidence, management practices and policy options for using and safeguarding agricultural and forest biodiversity to achieve sustainable global food and nutrition security. Bioversity supports cacao initiatives in MOCCA related to research and quality standards.
The Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA) is a nonprofit professional organization which represents more than 360 members of the fine chocolate industry. FCIA promotes quality,innovations, ethical sourcing, and the best practices in the industry of fine chocolate from the tree to the bar and the bonbon. FCIA is partnering with MOCCA to build bridges between program partners, farmers and FCIA members.
The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) houses publicly accessible, globally important germplasm bank collections for coffee and cocoa. MOCCA supports CATIE's efforts with national research institutions to catalog existing varieties in national genebanks and actions with the private sector to facilitate the propagation of quality genetic material.
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is leading the evaluation and assessment of the baseline of the MOCCA project. The evaluation focuses on the impact of the project at two main levels: at the market systems level, to test systemic changes in the coffee and cacao market systems; and at the farmer level, to assess the impact among beneficiary households.
CRC through MOCCA is supporting the development of action plans, funding mechanisms, technical assistance and research dissemination through cadmium bulletins. In addition, CRC together with LWR, is managing the mapping and proficiency testing of eight laboratories to understand their capacity to perform accurate cadmium analysis.
