Honduras

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 and Taualabé (Yojoa).

Sustainable Cocoa and Coffee programme highlights for 2025

A National Technical Committee for Promoting Investment in the Agri‑food Sector (Mesa Técnica para la Promoción de Inversiones del Sector Agroalimentarrio)… That is a mouthful, and much needed to address the financial barriers that limit access to capital for traceability, certification and infrastructure. We set this up together with the FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), the National Investment Council (CNI), the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP) and the Honduran Coffee Institute (IHCAFE). It is a shared space for dialogue between public, private and international cooperation sectors, and supports the long-term goals of Honduras's State Policy for the Agri-Food Sector 2023–2043.

Good Food for Cities programme highlights for 2025

Rikolto facilitated the set-up of a multi-stakeholder platform around Lake Yojoa. This new forum aims to improve the coordination of food and nutrition policy work, influencing an area of around 60,772 inhabitants across 42 villages. In 2025, its early experience already informed a learning exchange organised by municipalities from southern La Paz. Through the People-Centred Food Systems (PCFS) project, Rikolto, together with local partners, piloted a community led model with 125 Lenca women from 6 municipalities in La Paz Department to strengthen nutrition and food safety practices grounded in their own cultural knowledge. Commonwealths and organisations focused on empowering Lenca women, such as MAMCOMUNIDAD de MAMLESIP, also showed interest in replicating the model.