El Salvador – Cordillera del Bálsamo

Coffee regenerative agriculture program to support farming communities

Context:

• Poor agricultural practices due to limited knowldege on coffee farming
• Poor infrastructure to allow a qualitative post-harvest process / Lack of material to maintain the parcels
• Poor income diversity & self-suficiency
• Lack of access to drinking water

Objectives

• Improve parcels’ productivity
• Recover and renewal of the coffee plots in poor conditions
• Increase farmers’ income levels and improve self-sufficiency
• Promote the womens’ entrepreneurship
• Promote gender equality within local communities

Activities

• Capacity building and technical assistance in coffee farming
• Plots renovation
• Income diversification
• Social aid to education in local community
• Covid-19: Communication to the communities for prevention and protection

A few data

• 3 communities involved
• About 70% of the parcels renovated
• Project started in 2016