Honey and chocolate are made to satisfy the sweet tooth, but these treats aren’t always a sweet deal for the smallholder farmers that produce them.
Read moreTopics: Livelihoods | Mexico and Central America | Our Community | Partnerships |
Two billion. That’s the number of people in rural communities who are struggling to survive on less than $2 per day. Many of them are farming to feed the rest of the world, yet they aren’t getting enough to eat. Many live hundreds of miles from accessible markets, without the roads to reach them. With few choices, they’re forced to sell their hard-earned crops at rock-bottom prices. But there’s a way out of this cycle of grinding poverty.
Read moreTopics: Livelihoods | Mexico and Central America | Stories of Impact |
In Walter Elizondo Naranjo’s office in San Antonio, Costa Rica, hangs a large banner with pictures of pineapple, bananas, and oranges. 100% orgánico, the banner proudly states. Looking at the banner, Walter grins broadly. “This is COOPEASSA.”
Read moreTopics: Environment | Mexico and Central America |
Lately, there’s been a lot of buzz about bees—and not all of it’s good. Around the world, honeybees are dying out. But what does this really mean—and how are agricultural businesses addressing this crisis?
Read moreTopics: Environment | Mexico and Central America |
For young people in many farming communities, agriculture has become a dirty word. But in Ocotepeque, Honduras, ag is cool.
Read moreTopics: Mexico and Central America | Stories of Impact | Youth |
Members of APROCASSI, a coffee cooperative in Peru, line up to apply for credit from the cooperative's internal credit fund. When asked about the effect that a rural business’ internal credit fund has on farmers, Root Capital advisor Fany Murillo answers with a single word: “epic.”
Read moreTopics: Advisory Services | Livelihoods | Mexico and Central America |
Lula Pérez, asesora de Root Capital. En diciembre del 2016, con la aproximación del cierre de la Iniciativa para la Resiliencia de los Productores de Café (CFRI, por sus siglas en inglés), aprovechamos la oportunidad para celebrar los resultados de este esfuerzo polifacético de canalizar capital y capacitación a empresas asociativas productoras de café en la lucha contra el brote de la roya en América Latina.
Read moreTopics: Advisory Services | En Español | Mexico and Central America | Staff Profiles |
A look at the challenges and decisions that agricultural entrepreneurs experience over the course of a year. PART I: HARVEST
Read moreTopics: Livelihoods | Mexico and Central America | Stories of Impact |
With Jose Dominguez, a coffee farmer and producer member of RAOS, a Root Capital client in Honduras The world of farmer finance, as we know it, is changing.
Read moreTopics: Mexico and Central America | Partnerships | South America |
Carmen Blandón, member of Root Capital client Solidaridad, at her home in Matagalpa, Nicaragua For 52-year-old Carmen Blandón, her coffee farm is a business. And she’s the boss.
Read moreTopics: Mexico and Central America | Women in Agriculture |