The northern Atlantic region of Honduras has vast production and forest corridors. The region offers excellent agroecological conditions for diverse and sustainable production of key commodities such as timber, shade-grown cocoa and cardamom, and exotic and citrus fruits. However, dominant production models are unsustainable, contribute to widespread production inefficiencies, and deteriorate the natural resources that […]
The Rainforest Alliance and partners have worked in coffee for nearly four decades. While there are still challenges in the sector, we’ve also seen great improvements. In Honduras, producers range from smallholder to large-scale. While production costs are lower than in many other coffee-growing countries, earning a living income is very challenging and labor is […]
Working across Latin America’s most significant natural landscapes—from the South American Amazon rainforest to the Mayan jungle which extends through Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize—the Rainforest Alliance has a permanent presence in Latin America, with a growing technical and administrative team that includes more than 150 staff members based in the region. Learn more about how […]
The Rainforest Alliance develops Origin Issue Assessments (OIAs) as part of the JDE Common Grounds program. This OIA flags the following as pressing risks in the Honduran coffee sector: occupational health and safety, climate smart agriculture, and child labor. Coffee production in Honduras can be coupled to high-risk conditions since protective equipment when spraying agrochemicals […]
Sustainable coffee farming in Honduras provides an alternative to migration.... Continue Reading
Droughts and severe weather have devastated farms in Central America.
With the “caravan” of asylum-seekers now approaching the US-Mexico border, many news organizations have rightly pointed out that these are people are fleeing extreme poverty and gang violence caused in part by US intervention in their home countries. But there’s another reason behind the exodus: climate change.
"It’s almost impossible to know what the climate will be like at any given point in the year. When your survival...... Continue Reading