Agriculture/Food Production Grant

$66.2K USD

Funder	Inter-American Foundation
Recipient Organization	Sociedad de Solidaridad Social "Los Lagos de Colores"
Country	Mexico
Start Date	Nov 09, 2015
End Date	Aug 12, 2020
Duration	1,738 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`48901-36`

Grant Description

Sociedad de Solidaridad Social "Los Lagos de Colores " SSS (Lagos de Colores).

Lagos de Colores will work with its 150 member families of indigenous Chuj, Tojolabal and Mam descent in four rural municipalities in Tziscao, Chiapas, a toward the application of "agroecology " or farming practices compatible with the responsible use of the environment; the improvement of coffee production and processing; and more effective marketing of coffee, honey and vegetables.

Its workshops will address concepts related to community, territory, identity and gender. The increased income and awareness should benefit 750 Mexicans of indigenous descent.