Category: Migration

Coffee Farmers Face Increasing Pressure to Migrate

2019-02-08 Comments Off on Coffee Farmers Face Increasing Pressure to Migrate

The drivers of migration remain the usual suspects: climate change, debt and prices, and, in some parts of the Northern Triangle, violence. But the pressure of these forces is increasing, and it is hard to ignore their compounding nature when you are dealing with them all at once. The hard numbers[1] as well as numerous […]

Farmer Profitability and Prosperity: An Elusive Quest?

2019-01-31 Comments Off on Farmer Profitability and Prosperity: An Elusive Quest?

Francisco[1] migrated to Guatemala City several years ago. He worked the night shift, behind the till, at a gas station. It was boring work, far from the bucolic setting of his youth, but he was able to save some money—savings he hoped would lead to a better future for his wife and child back home. […]