Value Added Processing Owned by a Farmer Cooperative
REOPA has partnered with processor Gandules to fill a gap for their season and a need for a European customer. Jose Jacinto from REOPA, Paola Mercado from VECO Andina and…
Value Added Social Business Sourcing and Investing in Independent Smallholders
Augusto Ferdanini from AgroMantaro shared their model to grow and process smallholder artichokes in the central highlands through a partnership with General Mills Foundation and Green Giant Europe. The themes discussed…
Smallholder Livelihoods Assessment
Meghan Quinlan from Fair Trade USA and Whitney Gantt from Grameen Foundation discussed how we ground sustainable supply chain programs in a better understanding of farm level conditions, what the…
Identifying and Motivating Climate Smart Ag Practices
This session offered leading examples of structural mechanisms to incentivize Climate Smart Agriculture being done by Hivos, Rainforest Alliance and CEPICAFE. We looked at projects in Peru, Nicaragua, and Ghana…
Training Tomorrow’s Farmers – a model for common sense, effective farmer capacity building.
The Interamerican Development Bank supports local governments in northern Peru to integrate practical farmer training into the national technical training programs. Rather than sitting in a classroom, young farmers are…
CHOCOLATE TASTING
Peru is a leader in gourmet cuisine and is on track to become a leader in fine cocoa. We were treated to a professional cocoa tasting exercise led by a nationally…
Discussion Topics and Case Clinics
There were several sessions organized by participant interest on the topics of highest interest throughout the meeting. Sessions included: Success Factors for Smallholder Sourcing Building Professional farmer enterprise Climate smart…
