“At the beginning we suffered great hardship. There was no food, we couldn’t take the products to the market due to the license plate restriction imposed, we had to get up very early.” This is how Gabriela Ordoñez, producer of the Aromatic Agricultural Producers Association (ASOAROMATIC), narrates the beginning of 2020. Although it was not…
El cacao es el cultivo con más hectáreas sembradas en el Ecuador. La cadena de valor involucra a 180.000 familias, muchas de las cuáles enfrentan el reto de renovar y rehabilitar sus fincas con escasos recursos. Sin embargo, postular a un crédito no es siempre una opción atractiva, por los requisitos que existen y el tiempo que toma su aprobación…
MOCCA and the Ministry of Agriculture signed an agreement to develop a strategy with a short and long term financial focus for coffee farmers. Among other projects, the joint search for financial solutions for coffee farmers, improvements to the training mechanism for farmers; development of standards, requirements and/or certification systems for coffee nurseries; as well…
