Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Rikolto has an extensive track record working in Nicaragua’s agricultural sector, dating back to the 1980s. In 2021, our projects impacted the lives of 1,354 producers.

As of 2013, we started working with cocoa cooperatives and vegetable farmer cooperatives. Our coffee programme only started to take shape in 2017. This was also when we started adopting, for the first time in our organisation’s history, an integrated landscape approach, in the area around Lake Apanás. Currently, we run our Cocoa & coffee programme, and our Good Food for Cities programme in Matagalpa and around Lake Apanás.

Projects

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:
August 23, 2023
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
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:
August 23, 2023
Nicaragua
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:
August 23, 2023
Honduras
Nicaragua
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:
August 23, 2023
Honduras
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
Good Food for Cities
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Sustainable production can save a lake in Nicaragua

Farmers, fishermen, actors in tourism and energy sector work together to find solutions to alleviate the ever-growing pressure on lake Apanás.
Updated on:
August 23, 2023
Nicaragua

Read the latest stories from the ground

Good Food for Cities

COOSEMPODA and Kampani: the right growth capital for a resilient business and a thriving community

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture, Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Sustainable production and a living income: The challenge for a new generation of cocoa farmers

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Regenerative agriculture, inclusive markets, youth in agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Transforming cocoa and coffee in Latin America: the sustainable impact of multi-stakeholder partnerships

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Gender equality, Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Cocoa Barometer 2022: governance policies and purchasing practices are key for systemic change in the cocoa sector

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Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Rikolto & Regenerative Agriculture: a new way forward

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Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Freddy: The young entrepreneur in the spotlight of the Colruyt chocolate campaign

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Youth in agriculture, Regenerative agriculture, Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Young cocoa farmers in Central America aiming to lead Central America's cocoa sector

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Inclusive markets, Youth in agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

New strategy for sustainable cocoa adopted by Dominican Republic and Central America

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Youth in agriculture, Gender equality
Good Food for Cities

"Beautiful tomatoes inside and out"

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Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Can a farming family earn a living income by producing cocoa? - 3 keys for Latin America

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Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Coosempoda: impactful investment in the face of climate change

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inclusive markets, sustainable food lanscapes
Good Food for Cities

Shedding new light on our work: Rikolto delivers results efficiently

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Inclusive markets, sustainable food landscapes, regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

A sustainable cup of coffee is changing lives in Nicaragua

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Yamileth: a young woman capable of revitalising cocoa farming in Nicaragua

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Youth in agriculture, Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Letter to young people in coffee: "Challenge the statistics"

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Youth in agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Saving the lake and food safety in Nicaragua

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

A wasteland named "Peor es nada" (“better than nothing”) has become a model ecological farm in Nicaragua

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Sustainable production, the only salvation for Lake Apanás

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Inclusive markets, Sustainable food landscapes
Good Food for Cities

Nicaraguan cooperative finds the missing means in the midst of the pandemic

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Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

NICAFES: a freshly ground alliance

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Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Diversified cocoa farm withstood 2 hurricanes in Nicaragua

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Measuring equals learning

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Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Access to knowledge, services and innovation for all: is that even possible?

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Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

For better or for worse: transparent value chain management

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Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

A stable link with the market: it is (not only) about money

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Inclusive markets
Sustainable rice

Collaborating across value chains: goodwill is not enough

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Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Covid-19 has put a lot on hold… but not this lake in Nicaragua

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Diversification: key word in times of Covid-19

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Cocoa in the face of Covid: challenges and reflections from Latin America

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Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

What I've learnt as a young person coordinating a project by and for youth

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Youth in agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Colruyt Group and Rikolto deepen cooperation for sustainable chocolate

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Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Sandwich of the day: inclusive business relations between farmers’ cooperatives and Subway in Nicaragua

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Inclusive business
Good Food for Cities

What we can learn from the corona crisis that will help shape our future food systems 

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Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Rikolto's Food Heroes

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Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Young cocoa farmers grow their entrepreneurial skills

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Youth in agriculture
Good Food for Cities

How do Food Smart Cities lead the transition to sustainable food? Read this book!

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Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Model farms to save a lake in Nicaragua

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Sustainable food landscapes