Beyond the Box of Chocolates
Chocolate is one of the world’s most popular foods, but who actually grows the cocoa that serves as the base for this delicious treat? Meet a few of the farmers who are changing their lives using income from cocoa.
Peru
In Peru, Simple Technology is Helping Cocoa Farmers Transform Their Lives
By supporting innovation and the transfer of technology between regions, TechnoServe is helping women farmers improve their production and their lives.
Coffee Consumer Spotlight: Peruvian Coffee
In the next part of our consumer spotlight series, we are highlighting the unique profile of Peruvian coffee. In Peru, TechnoServe works with coffee farmers in former coca-growing regions through the Coffee Alliance for Excellence (CAFE) program.
Cocoa: Bringing Forests and Farmers Together in Peru
In San Martin, the Apahuit cooperative is working alongside TechnoServe and their farmer members to implement simple, ecofriendly techniques that boost their cocoa yields, improve incomes, and fight deforestation.
Coffee Alliance For Excellence
CAFE is a public-private partnership working to create a more prosperous and inclusive coffee sector. The program is helping 12,000 coffee farming families, many of them in former coca-growing regions, to earn more sustainable livelihoods by improving productivity and quality and building links to profitable markets.
Coffee Offers Opportunity in Peru’s Former Coca-Growing Regions
TechnoServe is helping to pave the way toward a drug-free Peru by supporting 10,000 coffee-farming families in former coca-growing regions to improve their productivity and access more profitable markets.
A New Crop for a New Beginning
After being driven from his land by drug violence, a cocoa farmer partners with TechnoServe to create a fresh, sustainable future.
Revolutionizing Cocoa Farming in Peru
A technique pioneered by one family is helping thousands of cocoa farmers in Peru increase their yields – and inspiring chocolate enthusiasts around the world.
She Fights Poverty: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs for Growth
With more equitable access to resources and information, enterprising women like Ayli Quinteros are lifting themselves, their families and their communities out of poverty.
Harnessing Private Sector Expertise to Help Peru’s Farmers
TechnoServe and volunteers from the PIMCO Foundation have developed a new model of farmer-centric financing in Peru.
