MexicoMexico is a country of great wealth on the one hand and deep poverty on the other. Despite the large presence of international corporations and high-level research centers, there is a large and persistent economic gap, particularly evident in rural areas and in the agriculture sector.
Information on markets and product needs remains a challenge for governments and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and organizations on the ground are struggling to truly connect communities with market opportunities. Most farm properties in the country belong to small producers with very small plots of land, who have limited or no access to technology, financing, technical assistance or commercial channels.
TechnoServe’s innovative work in Mexico closes these gaps by linking small farmers and entrepreneurs to technology, know-how, and new value chains, allowing producers and business owners to improve the quality of life of their families and communities.
Walmart Foundation Mexico and TechnoServe collaborate in the Inclusive Agriculture Program, an initiative to support smallholder farmers in Mexico to increase their productivity, quality and sustainability standards, and develop their business capabilities to facilitate their integration into the value chain of main buyers of fruits and vegetables in the country.
In 2019, TechnoServe partnered with Danone, Grupo Altex, Fundación Walmart, and others to launch Madre Tierra, an initiative that aims at implementing an innovative and sustainable model to empower Mexican smallholder strawberry farmers through a transformative set of training, technologies, access to capital, and connection to markets.
Together with several partners, TechnoServe supports the development of small-scale milk producers in the Margarita program to improve the management of their farms and increase their family income.
Launched in August 2016, the Entrepreneurship and Business Development program, a partnership between Newmont and TechnoServe Mexico, is working to create inclusive economic growth in the communities surrounding the Newmont Minera Peñasquito (MP) mining operation in Zacatecas, Mexico.
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El programa Margarita—una alianza público-privada creada con el objetivo de integrar más de 900 pequeños productores de leche a una cadena de suministro incluyente y estable— precisó el diseño e implementación de una solución innovadora e integral.
The Margarita program—a public-private partnership that has worked with more than 900 farmers with the aim of integrating small-scale dairy producers into an inclusive and stable supply chain— created an innovative and comprehensive solution.
