Rikolto has an extensive track record working in Nicaragua’s agricultural sector, dating back to the 1980s. In 2021, our projects impacted the lives of 1,354 producers.
As of 2013, we started working with cocoa cooperatives and vegetable farmer cooperatives. Our coffee programme only started to take shape in 2017. This was also when we started adopting, for the first time in our organisation’s history, an integrated landscape approach, in the area around Lake Apanás. Currently, we run our Cocoa & coffee programme, and our Good Food for Cities programme in Matagalpa and around Lake Apanás.