Peruvian Resilient Farming II

The Project's

• Promoting an inclusive value chain: aggregating 3.200 coffee producers who will have an active part on the Cooperative’s work;
• Improving working and financial conditions for small producers: 93% of the 3.200 families covered by the project own less than 5 hectares of land;
• Facilitating the Cooperative’s social mission: by ensuring early payments at a premium to the Cooperative, the latter can then reinvest the money in training, education, social support to the farmers and their families, health support and help with organic and fair trade certifications;
• Reducing rural poverty: the smallholders will receive a higher profit margin for higher value-added products (when compared to traditional “commodity coffee”) which can be allocated not only to pure subsistence. They will also have access to larger national and international markets;
• Promoting the growth of organic products: all the coffee produced is organic and certified, containing low levels of chemical fertilizers and pesticides;
• Contributing to the environmental protection of the Selva Region, in the Peruvian Northern Highlands: in order to meet increasing demand and due to the farmers’ inefficient production methods (a consequence of the lack of capital), the growth in the Selva Region has been mainly achieved so far through Amazonian deforestation - a growth that is not sustainable and is coming at a high environmental cost.

The Company's 

• Enabling agricultural efficiency and reducing rural poverty: market access has been identified as one of the most relevant factors influencing the performance of small-scale producers in developing countries and, hence, one of the enablers of agricultural efficiency, a vital opportunity to reduce rural poverty. WCA provides smallholder access to markets via value chains;
• Promoting gender equality: WCA is a female-owned and -led company. In addition, the company applies a gender-lens to its investments and seeks to finance businesses that have the appropriate governance and responsible management standards to allow women to grow successfully in their work environment.

The Project's

• Promoting an inclusive value chain: aggregating 3.200 coffee producers who will have an active part on the Cooperative’s work;
• Improving working and financial conditions for small producers: 93% of the 3.200 families covered by the project own less than 5 hectares of land;
• Facilitating the Cooperative’s social mission: by ensuring early payments at a premium to the Cooperative, the latter can then reinvest the money in training, education, social support to the farmers and their families, health support and help with organic and fair trade certifications;
• Reducing rural poverty: the smallholders will receive a higher profit margin for higher value-added products (when compared to traditional “commodity coffee”) which can be allocated not only to pure subsistence. They will also have access to larger national and international markets;
• Promoting the growth of organic products: all the coffee produced is organic and certified, containing low levels of chemical fertilizers and pesticides;
• Contributing to the environmental protection of the Selva Region, in the Peruvian Northern Highlands: in order to meet increasing demand and due to the farmers’ inefficient production methods (a consequence of the lack of capital), the growth in the Selva Region has been mainly achieved so far through Amazonian deforestation - a growth that is not sustainable and is coming at a high environmental cost.

The Company's 

• Enabling agricultural efficiency and reducing rural poverty: market access has been identified as one of the most relevant factors influencing the performance of small-scale producers in developing countries and, hence, one of the enablers of agricultural efficiency, a vital opportunity to reduce rural poverty. WCA provides smallholder access to markets via value chains;
• Promoting gender equality: WCA is a female-owned and -led company. In addition, the company applies a gender-lens to its investments and seeks to finance businesses that have the appropriate governance and responsible management standards to allow women to grow successfully in their work environment.