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Implementing partner: Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia
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Consortium partners: Fundación Manuel Mejía, Banco Davivienda, Seguros Bolívar
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Implementation period: October 2025 - March 2026
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Sector: Green Finance
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This project aims to pilot a model that unlocks green finance for coffee production in Colombia, strengthening the sector’s sustainability and competitiveness. It promotes the adoption of good agricultural practices that both help mitigate climate change and directly advance Colombia's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
The project is led by a consortium of four strategic partners: Banco Davivienda, the leading financier of climate adaptation investments in Colombia’s agricultural sector, with proven experience working with coffee growers; Seguros Bolívar, a leader in climate risk analysis; the Manuel Mejía Foundation, which has over 63 years of experience training coffee growers through participatory methodologies; and the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (FNC), which since 1927 has represented the coffee sector, safeguarding the well-being of more than 557,000 families and promoting sector sustainability.
The model will be piloted in Antioquia, Colombia's second-largest coffee-producing department. It targets smallholder coffee growers, aiming to close the gap in access to financial instruments for the adoption of technologies and sustainable practices in response to climate change.
“The project will help coffee growers, especially women, young producers, and people with disabilities, access the knowledge and financial tools they need to produce coffee in a more sustainable and profitable way. By combining accessible training, improved farming practices, and green credit options, we aim to create lasting improvements in their productive activity, their inclusion, and the sector’s resilience to climate change.”
Marcela Gaviria Botero, Director of Alliances and Projects, Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia.
The project also aims to train 1,200 coffee growers via WhatsApp on personal skills, climate change, and green project formulation, as well as guide 400 growers in adopting improved cultivation practices and support them in developing personalized transformation plans based on the Coffee Sustainability Route.
Additionally, it will facilitate access to green finance, promoting financial inclusion for at least 400 growers through the Davivienda Coffee Grower ID. Seven green credit lines for working capital and farm investment will be offered, with a target of 30% of participants (120 beneficiaries) accessing one of these loans.
The ultimate goal is creating a scalable model that can be replicated in other coffee-growing regions, and serve as a reference for sector stakeholders, other industries, and financial institutions.
