CESMACH Cooperative

Campesinos Ecologicos de la Sierra Madre de Chiapas (CESMACH) was founded in 1994 and currently has 663 smallholder members, each with an average plot of 1 hectare. 146 of these are women farmers. The women who participate in Café Femenino report that the biggest impacts they see are increased income through the premiums gained, and income diversification projects including honey and raising hens. This has also seen the nutrition rates for children connected improve as a result.