Cocoa-led Development: Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA)

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Cocoa-led Development: Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA)

The Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) project is a seven-year initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food for Progress Program with Technoserve as consortium lead, aimed at helping more than 100,000 farmers overcome the barriers limiting their capacity to effectively rehabilitate and renovate their coffee and cacao plants in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Peru. Lutheran World Relief leads cocoa programming for the MOCCA project, implementing a comprehensive approach to promoting cocoa production that focuses on increasing crop yields through agroforestry systems, improving cocoa quality, enhancing the professional capacity of both farmers and producer organizations, and facilitating linkages between cocoa buyers and sellers.

Lutheran World Relief collaborates with trade associations, producer organizations, exporters and research institutions through MOCCA. To foster resilient farms and robust market systems throughout the region, MOCCA has two main objectives: 1) increase cacao production and quality while supporting farmers in renovation and rehabilitation (R&R), and 2) expand agricultural trade and boost sales volume.

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