Honduras

As of 2013, we started working with cocoa cooperatives and vegetable farmer cooperatives. Our coffee programme only started to take shape in 2017. In 2017, Honduras was one of the first countries in which we started up our Good Food for Cities programme. Currently, we run our Cocoa & coffee programme, and our Good Food for Cities programme in Tegucigalpa, Siguatepeque,Taulabé and around Lake Yojoa.

Sustainable Cocoa and Coffee programme highlights for 2023

Rikolto partnered with national coffee exporter Beneficio San Marcos to create a business model that specifically involves women and young people in coffee production. We worked with INFOP to train 20 members of coffee partner organisations (15 women, 5 men) to write business plans, enabling them to develop their own coffee businesses. Rikolto also worked with the Ministry of Agriculture to improve access to financial services for coffee producers. The COCAFCAL cooperative served as a pilot project, receiving a $1 million loan for infrastructure and equipment. Beyond this direct work, Rikolto advocates for sustainable coffee practices. We participate in the Economic Sustainability Committee of the Sustainable Coffee Platform and contribute to an inter-institutional committee focused on the EU's Deforestation Free Regulation.

Good Food for Cities programme highlights for 2023

Rikolto is part of the “People-Centered Food Systems” project, in Honduras. We provided training to more than 1,000 people, including government officials, small scale farmers (especially women and youth), NGOs, academics and community members on the right to nutritious and sustainable food. This led to a 60% increase in the level of awareness of these issues among the participants. We also held a forum on 'Challenges to the Right to Adequate Food in Honduras' to highlight the importance of including farmers' rights in national agricultural policies.