True Roots provides assessment, research, and impact measurement services for international development and social responsibility projects. Given our experience working in the coffee industry, we were excited to provide consulting services in Mexico for Coffee Quality Institute’s Partnership for Gender Equity.
The Coffee Quality Institute founded the Partnership for Gender Equity (PGE) to revolutionize sustainability in the coffee sector, motivated by a threatened coffee supply and the recognition that gender equity can mitigate this threat. As a collaborative research and development initiative, PGE’s work is based on data which indicates that achieving gender equity in the coffee value chain is both the right thing to do for people and the smart thing to do for business.
True Roots conducted an assessment and gender analysis of current national policies in the Mexican coffee sector and a diagnostic of gender among coffee producer organizations and smallholder producers in the states of Chiapas and Veracruz. Based on the findings, key context-sensitive recommendations were proposed for future training and activities in the coffee sector in Mexico.
This work aligns with True Roots’ commitment to bridging the needs of producers, small-scale development initiatives, and members of the coffee value chain to create a more equitable and resilient coffee industry.
