Agros International
Current donation: $300,000
Donations to date: $1,445,000
Agros works to break the cycle of poverty for farming families in rural Latin America. In the upcoming year, our donation will help Agros take the learnings from their agribusiness incubator center in La Bendición, Nicaragua to expand their efforts in breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty by helping move farmers from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture.
Why They're Climate Smart
Current farming methods produce a third of all greenhouse emissions worldwide — but they don't meet the world's growing demand for food and don't generate enough income for those growing the food. Agros believes there is a solution: land ownership, market-led agriculture, financial empowerment, and sustainable climate-smart farming practices. That way, farming families learn how to use hydroponics, vermicomposting, and reforestation techniques to not only increase their yields, produce healthier food and generate more income, but also reduce their impact on the environment for the long term.
Why They Receive Our Continued Support
Their results are outstanding. Agros has enabled families in San José, Nueva San José, and La Bendición, Nicaragua to raise their average daily income from $2.42 to 5.69 — a threshold that the World Bank denominates as lower middle income — while building prosperous communities out of what was essentially nothing (as Agros builds new villages from scratch). They then took their learnings to the next level by creating the Harvest and Hope Teaching Center (HHC) in La Bendición — a facility designed to teach farmers market-oriented, climate-smart agricultural skills that increase incomes, improve household conditions, and provide economic opportunities that keep families together and reduce migration.