South America

Coffee cherries in a basket

Coffee Alliance For Excellence (CAFE) and Mujeres CAFE

CAFE is a public-private partnership working to create a more prosperous and inclusive coffee sector. The program is helping 12,000 coffee farming families, many of them in former coca-growing regions, to earn more sustainable livelihoods by improving productivity and quality and building links to profitable markets.

Agriculture, Coffee, Women's Economic Empowerment
Althelia Ecosphere, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Perhusa, U.S. Agency for International Development

Empowering Women Coffee Growers in Antioquia, Colombia

Women play a central, though often "invisible," role in Colombian coffee production. Here's how The Coca-Cola Foundation and TechnoServe are partnering to improve the access of 11,000 women to the services and training they need to run their coffee farms as a business.