Honduras oh the Move: Two women coffee producers run successful enterprises in Comayagua department

Honduras: Two women coffee producers run successful enterprises in Comayagua department

Honduras on the Move is a journalistic series by teleSUR that covers various regions of the Central American nation to show the world stories of success and human development. On this occasion, our special envoy, Roberto Hugo Preza, and the series' production team traveled to the department of Comayagua, where they got a first-hand look at a coffee production project led by women.

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00:00Honduras on the Move is a journalistic series by TELASUR that covers various regions of

00:05the Central American nation to show the world stories of success and human development.

00:11In this occasion, our Special Envoy, Roberto Bopresa, and the series production team traveled

00:16to the Department of Comayagua, where they got a first-hand look at the coffee production

00:20project led by women.

00:22In the upper part of the Central Western Region of Honduras is the Department of Comayagua,

00:29amidst clouds and mountains lies La Libertad, a small municipality dedicated to growing

00:34coffee, and amidst the coffee plantations, we met Leticia and Valesca, two coffee producers

00:40who are running successful enterprises.

00:45It is something that has been exclusive to men, but today women have been gradually making

00:49our way into this sector, which I am very proud to belong to, and also to represent as a woman.

00:58I have been involved in this production process for about 10 years now, because I manage

01:06everything.

01:07I bring the people, I go to find the cutters, I work with them, and I even cut coffee with

01:12them.

01:15These women not only manage their crops on their farm, but have now moved on to producing

01:20and marketing their own brand.

01:25What we have always done as a family is grow coffee.

01:28But now, we also have our own coffee brand, and we also have a coffee shop, where we serve

01:33our coffee.

01:35The example, the tenacity and the success of these producers have inspired many women,

01:40whom they have helped in their enterprises.

01:45Many women come here and you share.

01:47We do a lot of training, and we also share our conversations as women.

01:54I am not only making an impact on other women, but also on my daughters.

01:59I have two daughters, and I want to leave them with the legacy that coffee is part of our culture,

02:04and that they too can and are capable of doing it.

02:07These women are part of a cooperative that promotes the development of the golden grain

02:13in Comayagua, a department that leads the country's production of nearly 15 million quintals

02:18per year.

02:21Coffee is exported from Comayagua, and in addition to that, the agro industry is being promoted

02:27to great extent, which is about adding value to the product, to coffee.

02:31Today, many people already have their own coffee brands and coffee shops, and they sell

02:37coffee products.

02:39This makes us very proud because we as a country also have to encourage this added value, and

02:44not just the sale of raw materials.

02:49The government supports coffee producers, the coffee growers bonus program has benefited

02:53thousands of small coffee growers with supplies, and now they are ready to deliver tools from

02:58a donation by the Chinese government, valued at 200 million dollars.

03:03A kit for textile handling, that includes a chainsaw, a chopper, a cedar, and a motor pump,

03:14which are key tools that help us with fumigation against rust, wheat and tissue handling, which

03:23is very important on coffee farms.

03:24The kit will also be sent to production companies in La Libertad as an incentive to continue growing.

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