This alliance is focused on the implementation of the communication strategy, which includes a radio program to broadcast information on good practices in coffee growing to some 10 thousand producers during the social distancing measures implemented due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, in 3 of the 7 coffee growing regions in the departments of: San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Sololá, Suchitepéquez, Quiché, Chiquimula and Zacapa.
Fundación Génesis Empresarial provides access to agile and timely financing, complementing capacity building and access to genetic material for coffee and cacao producers in the MOCCA program. FGE has made available US$10 million to benefit 11,000 producers to acquire working capital, purchase inputs, and farming equipment, with medium-term investments for the farms.
We provide training to 4,000 farmers in good coffee farming practices promoted by the MOCCA curriculum to increase profitability and maximize their opportunities both individually and collectively. Through Olam Direct, we facilitate access to markets in the coffee-growing areas of Huehuetenango, applying principles of ethics, respect for human beings, the environment and communities.
Through this alliance we serve 3,000 producers in the areas of Sacatepéquez, Chimaltenango and Santa Rosa, for which we train anchor buyers in traceability certainty, technical support for continuous and sustainable improvement, access to certified genetic material and participation in certification programs, administrative organization and traceability of production units through technology.
Together with Peter Schoenfeld S.A., a member of the Volcafe group, we are strengthening the capacities of more than 2,000 coffee growers in Baja Verapaz to improve their productivity, quality, access to planting material, and financing under better conditions. The company directly connects coffee growers with markets willing to pay more for quality through an online platform called Trackvia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Husband and wife coffee growers José Salazar and Jesús Rodríguez have reduced the incidence of coffee berry borer in their coffee plantation by implementing the good pest management and residue management practices learned at MOCCA.
Through the MOCCA alliance, it will contribute to strengthening AHPROCAFE’s capabilities to provide its business and union base bodies with technical and financial support services.
