SUPPORT TO THE ‘YOUTH WITH FUTURE’ PROGRAM FOR COLOMBIAN COFFEE GROWERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

EMPOWERING FUTURE SMALL COFFEE FARMERS TO BECOME SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS IN COLOMBIA

  • Project Budget: € 30,000

  • Beneficiaries: 1,000 direct beneficiaries

  • Partners: 2

PURPOSE

  • Research, study and market investigations for products and services in which environmental and social management creates added value
  • Impact 1,000 people by sharing environmental education, entrepreneurship training and self esteem reinforcement for coffee growers and their families in coffee plantations
  • In a timeline of two years there will be two cycles of 500 beneficiaries in each year
  • Build capacities regarding management, logistics and planning, environmental performance, final product quality, and cultural empowerment as coffee growers

This project was possible thanks to the support of Portafolio Verde, the Andean Coffee Growers Cooperative and the EFICO Foundation and ran from January 2012 to December 2013.

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