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Long before the sun rises above the towering trees of the Panamanian rainforest, Elizabeth Méndez, a Guna indigenous woman, wakes up to the sound of her rooster crowing. She lives in a house made of bamboo and thatch, nestled deep in the lush green forests. This is where she and her family have been growing coffee for generations.
Coffee has long been an important source of income for many indigenous peoples in Panama. But, in recent years, these communities have struggled to maintain their traditional methods of production. By partnering with coffee company, Café Durán, indigenous peoples’ communities are accessing a new market that is reliable and pays fair prices. FAO
With the advent of an innovative project called “Support for post-COVID economic recovery for Indigenous coffee producers,” this is hopefully a scenario of the past for the coffee farmers in the Ngäbe, Guna, Emberá and Wounaan Indigenous Peoples’ communities participating in the project.The project is an initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank with funding from the Japan Special Fund Poverty Reduction Program.
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