Coffee production in Mexico
Scope of work
To analyze the main trade-offs in terms of environmental services, natural capital, and human well-being among the different land uses for coffee production in the regions of Veracruz, Chiapas, Puebla, and Oaxaca in Mexico. A full quantification of the value chain and an economic assessment of the expected impacts for biodiversity, ecosystem services and livelihoods of farmers and other social actors, as well as predicted changes in land cover, are expected.
Publications and resources
- Project factsheet (english) (spanish)
- Call for Research Proposals (Spanish) (February 2020)
- Options report (Spanish) (September 2019)
- Background paper (March 2018)
Engaging agri-business
Read more about work being led by the Capitals Coalition to develop new guidance for agri-business, develop capacity-building and build a growing network of forward-thinking organizations in partner countries.
Country-level activities
- Webinar (11 May 2020)
Events and meetings
Status: Ongoing
This project is funded by the Partnership Instrument of the European Union
Host Ministries:
Research Institutions:
Other partners:
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
- German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)
- National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO)
- National Commission of Forestry (CONAFOR)
- National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP)
- National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC)
- Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)
- Secretariat of Health
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Grupo de Investigación de ECOSUR en Zonas Cafetaleras (GIEZCA)
- Universidad Panamericana
- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP)
- Universidad Veracruzana
- Centro GEO
This project is partnered with a TEEBAgriFood project on maize and milpa that is being led in parallel by GIZ in Mexico.
This project will complement work undertaken as part of the Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (NCAVES) project in Mexico.
