Case Studies — Partnership For Central America

Expanding sourcing activities in Northern Central America to create new economic opportunities for smallholder farmers

As a founding member of the PCA, Nespresso committed to improving livelihoods in Northern Central America by expanding its existing coffee sourcing activities in Guatemala and start sourcing from El Salvador and Honduras. This effort aims to support 50,000 farmers across the region with high quality jobs.

Digital access to new communities

In support of their commitment to the PCA, Microsoft has fostered economic opportunity through community centers that provide clean, off-grid energy, broadband access, and skilling to rural communities. In one example, children from a rural indigenous community of more than 4,000 in Comayagua, Honduras are now able to access the internet, which connects these families to the global economy and creates immeasurable potential for their lives.

Creating new business coalitions to maximize impact

Through our partnerships, we have created a coalition of companies to improve the agriculture sector in northern Central America anchored around a vision to improve the prosperity of 1.5 million individuals by investing in the growth of 250,000 farms and rural businesses. This collaboration platform is made up of both public and private contributions of up to $60M.

Disaster risk finance solutions for smallholder farmers

The Partnership for Central America (PCP), the World Bank (WB), and the World Food Programme (WFP) launched today the “Disaster Risk Finance in Central America Consortium” (DRIFCA) to identify and support climate-related agricultural insurance solutions for up to 2 million smallholder farmers in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to increase their food security and financial resilience. The consortium will work with governments of the three countries and the private sector to identify and support sustainable market-relevant disaster risk finance models that are accessible to the most vulnerable and integrated into broader financial inclusion efforts to foster financial resilience.