Honduras

Honduras

Rikolto has a long track record working in Honduras’ agricultural sector, dating back to the 1990s. In 2024, we reached 3,115 producers.

As of 2013, we started working with cocoa cooperatives and vegetable farmer cooperatives. Our coffee programme only started to take shape in 2017. In 2017, Honduras was one of the first countries in which we started up our Good Food for Cities programme. Currently, we run our Cocoa & coffee programme, and our Good Food for Cities programme in Tegucigalpa, Siguatepeque,Taulabé and around Lake Yojoa.

Sustainable Cocoa and Coffee programme highlights for 2024

The Vice-Ministry of Coffee (established in 2024) took the initiative to create a Technical Committee to support coffee sector stakeholders with the implementation of the EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR), to which Rikolto was invited. We also facilitated dialogues with our partner producer organisations to provide clarity on the requirements and implications of the EUDR. As part of the compliance efforts of our partner cooperative ROAS, we supported georeferencing the plots of 240 coffee producers, among whom 78 women. 2024 marks the last year of our cocoa work in Honduras.

Good Food for Cities programme highlights for 2024

Rikolto and its partner, AMUPROLAGO, have worked with six municipalities (approximately 151,000 inhabitants) to systematise the formulation and implementation of effective food and nutrition policies in the communities. The results of this process have been shared with the communities around Lake Yojoa and have attracted the interest of the Technical Unit for Food and Nutritional Security (UTSAN) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, as well as of the community of El Níspero.

Projects

Good Food for Cities
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The right to food in Honduras

Local food systems and a healthy diet are interconnected in many ways. The Project "People-Centred Food Systems with a Human Rights-Based Approach" promotes capacity building to move from theory to practice towards an effective realisation of the right to food, with healthy and affordable diets.
Updated on:
June 25, 2025
Honduras
Good Food for Cities
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Healthy, sustainable and nutritious food in Latin American cities

We focus on creating sustainable and inclusive agri-food systems to address the challenges of hunger, malnutrition, and environmental issues in Latin America. By empowering farmers, supporting small businesses, and connecting local efforts with public policy, we aim to improve food security and create socio-economic and environmental benefits for both urban and rural communities.
Updated on:
June 25, 2025
Peru
Ecuador
Honduras
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Sustainable cocoa and coffee
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Unlocking the power of young cocoa farmers in Nicaragua and Honduras

Helping young people to find stable employment and income, halting rural-urban migration and boosting local economies.
Updated on:
June 23, 2025
Nicaragua
Honduras
Sustainable cocoa and coffee
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Living incomes from cocoa and coffee in Latin America

Inclusive business and sustainable agribusiness with resilient crops, providing decent incomes for entrepreneurs and producing families in Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala and Peru.
Updated on:
June 23, 2025
Ecuador
Peru
Honduras
Guatemala
Sustainable cocoa and coffee
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Harvesting knowledge on cocoa in Central America

Increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of the regional cocoa sector through incidence in national an regional policies, and promoting knowledge management.
Updated on:
June 23, 2025
Honduras
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
Good Food for Cities
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"Innovamos": Harvesting knowledge in Central America

The collaboration between 21 farmer organisations, 3 universities and research centres from Central America and Belgium aims to develop innovations that respond to key challenges in the horticultural sectors of Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras.
Updated on:
June 25, 2025
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Good Food for Cities
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Hydroponics and greenhouses: a hope for Honduras

Through Eurosan Occidente, Rikolto is developing the initiative "Technology and dialogue of knowledge to promote food and nutritional security in Honduras", through which hydroponic systems will be installed in greenhouses to increase the production of healthy vegetables within family agriculture.
Updated on:
June 25, 2025
Honduras
Sustainable cocoa and coffee
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A new generation of cocoa producers in Central America

Young people of Nicaragua and Honduras focus on sustainable cocoa and turn it into a profitable business.
Updated on:
June 23, 2025
Honduras
Nicaragua

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Good Food for Cities

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New project takes off: fostering human rights in food systems

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Inclusive markets, Gender equality
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Honduras: The first country to approve a policy on gender equality for the coffee sector

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Good Food for Cities

Exciting partnership set to provide business services to thousands of agribusinesses annually

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Sustainable cocoa and coffee

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Sustainable cocoa and coffee

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Sustainable cocoa and coffee

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