”We have increased our sales volumes”
CEPROAA connected with TCHO, a U.S. company which in 2022 placed a first order of 12 tons of cacao and by 2023 has already reached 50 tons.
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.
CEPROAA connected with TCHO, a U.S. company which in 2022 placed a first order of 12 tons of cacao and by 2023 has already reached 50 tons.
The good coffee growing practices learned through the MOCCA and Becamo alliance helped Honduran producer José Valerio Díaz to double his productivity.
Husband and wife team Matilde Martínez and Irma Recinos increased the productivity of their farm and their income, thanks to training provided by the MOCCA program and ofi.
MOCCA and Promecafe launched the Competitive Fund to Support Coffee Research, to co-finance research to improve the profitability of coffee producers in the region.
MOCCA program trainings helped Nicaraguan cocoa farmer Hermes Meza increase the productivity of his plantation and obtain up to 68% more income.
We spoke with Mauricio Calderón Sansivirini, Director of the Salvadoran Coffee Institute, to learn about the contributions of this new institution and its impact on the development of the coffee sector in El Salvador.
Isaías Zelada Grijalva
Coffee Nursery entrepreneur
El Salvador