Trade Facilitation Office Canada Bureau De Promotion Du Commerce Canada

Published purpose

This project aims to improve the lives of smallholder coffee farmers in the Trifinio region and other coffee growing regions of Guatemala and Honduras by increasing the productivity of their farms, improving the profitability of coffee production, and expanding exports to international markets. The project promotes sustainable agricultural practices, improves farm management, and enables smallholder coffee farmers to increase their yields. The project aims to reduce poverty while promoting environmental sustainability, gender equality, and youth engagement. Working with non-governmental organizations in the region, the project provides technical assistance on good agricultural practices to coffee farmers, establishes and strengthens farmer organizations, and offers training to promote entrepreneurship among youth. This helps smallholder farmers to benefit from the increased global demand for sustainably produced coffee. The project expects to reach 6,000 smallholder coffee farmers, benefitting about 30,000 people (farmers and their families). This project is co-financed by Tim Hortons Inc. and implemented by the Trade Facilitation Office Canada. It expands the scale and reach of the Tim Hortons Coffee Partnership, launched in 2005 to improve the businesses and lives of smallholder coffee farmers in the regions where Tim Hortons sources its coffee.