Components

Strategic Priorities

We focus on 7 components aimed at applying market solutions to help coffee and cacao farmers overcome the barriers that limit their ability to produce more profitably.

MOCCA collaborates with other organizations to train farmers to adopt agricultural and business practices that will increase their productivity, quality, sustainability and profitability.

Farmer training

Higher-value business relationships

MOCCA works with buyers, roasters, trade associations, producer organizations, research institutions and cooperatives in countries of origin in order to strengthen the skills and knowledge of coffee and cacao farmers, enabling them to increase their productivity and yields, and access higher-value markets. These investments also foster a more sustainable supply of coffee and cacao for the United States, and other regional and international markets.

Increasing research and its dissemination

MOCCA supports coffee and cacao research institutes, and works to improve farmers’ access to relevant findings.

In coffee, MOCCA facilitates access to genetic materials that can be used to create new varieties adapted to diverse growing conditions. In cacao, we support institutions to develop cadmium mitigation trials and techniques to ensure sustainable production and supply.

Strengthening suppliers of genetic material

MOCCA provides technical assistance to coffee and cacao nurseries and clonal gardens, helping them to develop the planting materials that the market demands. These include seeds and clones that are adapted to the climate and offer improved productivity and quality, making their future investments safer at the moment of renovating and rehabilitating their plots.

Facilitating access to financing

We collaborate with public and private stakeholders to design short-, medium- and long-term financing mechanisms. Through our financial models, we provide favorable terms that strengthen farmers’ profitability and ability to pay, allowing them to invest more in their coffee and cacao operations.

Improving the services provided by trade associations

MOCCA strengthens the capacity of these institutions to offer better services to farmers, including: technical assistance, marketing, research, access to genetic materials and the facilitation of financing models. All of these services are aimed at boosting the renovation and rehabilitation of the coffee and cacao sectors.

Support national and regional platforms

MOCCA supports national, regional and international platforms, promoting actions that foster improved sustainability, market transparency, and regional strategies and regulatory frameworks that positively impact the supply of services that can help farmers to enact renovation and rehabilitation activities in coffee and cacao.

What needs to happen for farmers to rehabilitate and renovate their farms more effectively?

“USDA is proud to support this program, which aims to improve the lives of coffee and cacao farmers.”.

Rachel Nelson
Rachel Nelson, Regional Agricultural Advisor for Guatemala,
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.