Resources

Dissertation of Ernesto Mendez, 2004

Cooperatives and change: From revolution and agrarian reform to specialized coffee exporters in northern Nicaragua

The Promise and Failures of Fair Trade

What if we take certification as a starting point instead of a finish line? Is it possible to maintain the “alterity” within these certified markets as they rush to mainstream? What if, instead of comparing these differentiated coffee market segments to the corporate controlled conventional coffee markets, we look to the many examples of more local and alternative food networks?

Download this internship guide to learn more about the CAN/UCA San Ramon internship program. This guide provides information about UCA San Ramon, possible project areas and research topics, the schedule for a 10-week internship, your accommodations, and program pricing. There also is information about Nicaragua, coffee culture, health and safety, contact information, and a helpful packing list.

This orientation guide provides you with helpful information about your internship in Cepeda or Tzucacab. Learn more details about the field course, how to get to Merida, your accommodations, cultural differences and the local weather. The guide also provides information about health insurance, communications, travel logistics, bus schedules, a packing list, fees and expenses, as well as scholarships and grants.

The CAN AgroEco® Coffee Order Form.  Buy coffee and support the Nicaraguan Youth Scholarship Fund.

Community Agroecology Network (CAN) and our partners PRODECOOP and CII-ASDENIC are collaborating on three-year project with the goal to enhance food security and build resilient food and agricultural systems that enable 740 households (approximately 4,440 people) in the Segovias region of northern Nicaragua to reduce and eventually eliminate los meses de las vacas flacas and more successfully resist the negative impacts to food security from climate change in the future.

Brochure that describes CAN's AgroEco® coffee. Learn about sustainable coffee production.

Look for CAN at space #52

Download this .pdf to learn more about the job description of CAN's Director of Action Education. Apply by May 20, 2011.

Andrew Davis and V. Ernesto Mendez. "Prioritizing food security and livelihoods in climate change mitigation mechanisms: Experiences and opportunities in smallholder coffee agroforestry forest communities and REDD+". Policy brief based on an academic paper and book chapter looking at the carbon mitigation potential of smallholder coffee agroforestry.

1 Unidad: Conozcamos sobre Seguridad alimentaria

3 Unidad: Aprendiendo y haciendo técnicas agroecológicas

5 Unidad: Sembrando, distribuyendo y comiendo alimentación sostenible

A catalog of the current international field courses

GMRC Annual Report: Year 1 (Jan 14-Dec 31, 2011).

Project vision:

To empower local youth leaders to develop school and community gardens as spaces of education and community capacity-building to promote a culture of healthy and sustainable food production, preparation, and consumption among local families.