Women play a vital role in the sector.
However, only 10% of them are entrepreneurs and only 20% are landowners (including joint ownership with their spouses).
Increasing the income of women producers has a direct and positive impact on children's education and home comfort.
Ketiara means "success" in the Gayo language and this is the case for this cooperative, 90% of which is made up of women.
FINCA LA LEONA, Colombia
In 2019, Laura Enciso took over the family farm of 43 hectares (including 25 hectares of coffee) in a country where women are rarely at the head of farms.
Actions for treating process water , sorting waste, free distribution of shade tree seedlings to reforest plots, financial aid system for producers with the creation of a "Farmers saving account"... Once the harvest is finished, the women make local crafts from woven sisal sold in the cooperative.
Do you know the Musasa Milk project? The cooperative offered each producer a cow to fertilize the fields but also to diversify their income with the sale of fresh milk, killing two birds with one stone...
FINCA SANTA MARIA, Colombia Santander region
Located near the town of Aratoca, this farm belongs to Oscar Daza but is entirely managed by women, from picking to processing, which is why it is certified Manos de Mujeres .
WOMEN OF CAPARAO, Brazil
Mulheres do Caparaó is a group of 5 women producers created by Josimar Sodré. They decided that specialty coffee was their best bet for the future and they initiated a transition to specialty on their farms with an organic certification in progress . Go girls!
COMSA, Honduras
We don't need to introduce COMSA to you anymore!
Café Organico de Marcala approaches coffee culture as a whole and in a sustainable way . Training and support for producers in the transition to organic , creation of Montesorri schools for children...
Among the 700 producers, some emblematic producers like Miriam Elisabeth Perez and Maria Zelaya...
LESLIE LABORDE (Belco)