This alliance strengthens the positioning of Salvadoran coffee in higher value markets, thus promoting a culture of quality in the production process to satisfy the demand for gourmet coffees in foreign countries. Parallel to these activities, MOCCA and the CSC are designing mechanisms to facilitate profitable financing and are also developing a model plan for the establishment of the Coffee Institute, which will strengthen the technical capacities and knowledge of producers.
We will provide both cooperatives and individual producers served by BFA with technical assistance in renovation and rehabilitation, as well as the design of financing products that respond to the specific profiles and characteristics of the demand for financing of coffee producers, including other actors in the chain, such as nursery operators.
MOCCA and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of El Salvador are promoting mechanisms for productive financing and capital raising, aimed at the renovation and rehabilitation of plots, within the national framework of the Coffee Transformation and Sustainability Plan, in order to establish responsibilities and expectations directed towards actions to strengthen the coffee sector in El Salvador.
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 Libertad (El Salvador). In 2021 she joined the MOCCA training program with the interest of…
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 sells plants to other producers in the area. Like other coffee nurseries in Peru, Azucena…
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 Progress Program, which seeks to improve agricultural productivity and expand trade in agricultural products. The…
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 Agriculture (USDA) through its Food for Progress Program, which seeks to improve agricultural productivity and…
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 Progress Program, which seeks to improve agricultural productivity and expand trade in agricultural products. The…
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 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Food for Progress Program, which seeks to…
Isaías Zelada Grijalva
Coffee Nursery entrepreneur
El Salvador
