EnvironmentConsultations in Addis Ababa and Jimma identified forest coffee, beekeeping, spices, bamboo and timber plantations as the most promising ways to reward communities in southwest Ethiopia for protecting intact forest.
AgribusinessIn Choluteca, women who began by filling bags and transplanting seedlings now sit on cooperative boards, run forklifts and preside over producer unions, backed by the ComRural II project.
AgribusinessThree producer organisations in southern Honduras, a powdered-sugarcane plant, an okra exporter shipping a container a day and a specialty coffee cooperative, now employ hundreds, with ComRural II backing 19 business plans and more than 3,200 jobs.
