Lack of access to working capital or direct avenues to market, as well as intermediaries that pay low prices for crops, often push honduran farmers to seek employment outside of their communities

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Organizacion Mesa Consultiva De Nueva Esperanza, La Campa, Lempira (Meconecal) in Honduras. The grant funding will support Meconecal in assisting the Otolaca Irrigation Group farmers to install covered production structures and adopt sustainable agriculture practices to grow vegetables for markets outside of their local area. This will enable the farmers to maximize an existing irrigation structure and collaborate to organize production around market demand, thereby improving their incomes in the Nueva Esperanza region. The grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.

The IAF supports community-led solutions to expand economic opportunities. Our grantee mesa consultativa nueva esperanza, LA campa, lempira (MECONECAL) will support farmers of the otolaca irrigation group to install covered production structures and adopt sustainable agriculture practices to grow vegetables for markets outside of their local area. Farmers will maximize an existing irrigation structure and collaborate to organize production around market demand. These efforts will improve farmers? Incomes in nueva esperanza. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in central america.