Marcela Alaníz, woman entrepreneur participating in the Micro-credits for women smallholder farmers project
Carmenza Centeno Gutiérrez, organic woman coffeepreneur participating in the Micro-credits for women smallholder farmers project
Brenda Mercedes López Pineda, woman coffeepreneur participating in the Micro-credits for women smallholder farmers project

MICRO-CREDITS FOR WOMEN SMALLHOLDER COFFEE PRODUCERS

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND INCOME DIVERSIFICATION IN NICARAGUA

  • Project Budget: € 10,000

  • Beneficiaries:
    Directly 30 women smallholder producers,
    to expand the result to about 55 families
    directly benefiting

  • Partners: 3

PURPOSE

• Women empowerment and income diversification;
• Providing access to working capital to women coffee producers in northern Nicaragua;
• Providing access to special coffee markets to women coffee producers;
• A greater social benefit to a larger number of coffee growers and their families;
• A greater growth of the portfolio will lead to increased growth in the commercialization of coffee;
• With a larger volume of credit, more funds will be attracted and financial costs will decrease.

This project is possible thanks to the support of Fundación Aldea, Chacun Son Café and EFICO Central America/EFICO Foundation and runs from October 2020 to September 2022.

Learn more about this project