Ruperta, a coffee woman who does not give up
The good agronomic practices for coffee cultivation learned in the MOCCA and Volcafe trainings helped Ruperta Álvarez, a Guatemalan producer, double her productivity.
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Activities
In Peru, MOCCA works with 3 partners: Agrotech, APPCACAO, and Ecom – CAMSA, through which it trains 11,159 cacao farmers, facilitating access to higher-value markets, quality genetic material, and promoting innovative financing models. Additionally, MOCCA is integrating 13 producer organizations that group 1800 farmers into the Cacao Flavor Map, to market their offer of fine cocoa to international chocolate processors. MOCCA activities in Peru also receives the support of private-sector partners such as The J.M. Smucker Company and Nespresso.
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FARMERS TRAINED
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ENHANCED HECTARES
With best agronomic practices
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NURSERIES TRAINED
With technical assistance and business management
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RESEARCH SUPPORTED
For agronomic treatments and cadmium mitigation
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FINANCING FACILITATED
For working capital, purchase of inputs and investments in farms
Where we are
Farmers trained
11,159
We work in partnerships
We connect farmers directly with markets to leave a long lasting impact, beyond the life of a given project. We partner with companies that not only wish to invest in improving cacao quality and yields, but also in the systems that make those improvements possible for the future, such as higher prices, good genetic material for planting, and more direct, feasible and profitable supply chains for smallholder farmers.
Our partnerships
Through our partnership with Agrotec Corp, we provide technical assistance on agricultural best practices to cacao-growing families in the provinces of Jaén, support local organizations by training community promoters in leadership with an entrepreneurial approach, and facilitate access to financing through a microleasing model.
The Peruvian Association of Cacao Farmers (APPCACAO) is an organization that promotes the production, productivity and consumption of Peruvian cacao and its derivatives nationally and internationally. Through this partnership, we provide farmers with technical assistance, better genetic material for planting, and access to financing besides strengthening the commercial ties between sellers and buyers.
Through this partnership we promote the development of the sustainable cacao supply chain in the central jungle of Peru, strengthen technical assistance to increase productivity and sales in certified collection centers, and support the distribution of planting material and post-harvest packages to guarantee farmers the profitability of their crops.
News
Peru: Access to financing ensures a better future for coffee and cocoa producers
Peruvian coffee and cocoa producers now have access to better financing opportunities, thanks to the partnership between MOCCA and the Peruvian Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI).
Mirtala Madrid increased the productivity of her coffee farm
Honduran coffee farmer doubled her productivity by reducing the presence of pests on her farm and implementing tissue management techniques learned in MOCCA and Becamo training.
An enthusiastic family undertakes and earns with their cocoa nursery
Armando went from selling 900 cocoa plants in 2021 to almost 3,000 in 2023. The production of other plants in the nursery has also doubled.
Good fertilization ensures the productivity of the coffee farm
Coffee farmer José Méndez Cardona increased the yields of his coffee farm by 40% thanks to the good fertilization practices learned in the MOCCA program training.
MOCCA helped me regain my faith in coffee
Eusebio is part of the producers who are trained under the alliance established by MOCCA and Mercon, through which more than 5 thousand coffee producers have received training and established direct commercial links.
“I am a mother of two daughters, I have a small farm and every day I have to face the challenge of organizing myself between household chores, and my personal and work life. I am proud of the use I make of the time I dedicate to take care of my family and do my job”.
Domitila Ortiz
Community Promoter
Amazonas, Perú
Community Promoter
Amazonas, Perú