Supporting the Cocoa Value Chain and Improving the Environment

$74.9K USD

Funder	Inter-American Foundation
Recipient Organization	Comision de Accion Social Menonita
Country	Honduras
Start Date	Nov 23, 2017
End Date	May 25, 2020
Duration	914 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`52199-36`

Grant Description

Comisin de Accin Social Menonita (CASM) will work with farmers in 15 communities in the municipality of Choloma, department of Cortes, to improve their production, processing and marketing of cacao.

Toward that goal it will encourage the application of "agroecological" practices that are environmentally responsible, including safeguarding the vital local watershed. The project will benefit 450 Hondurans directly and another 2,700 indirectly.