Women in agriculture are vital in fighting climate change and achieving food security; yet they face a number of barriers....

While you sip your morning brew, consider this: By 2050, the area suitable for most coffee production is expected to...

“Challenging” “Sobering” “Unprecedented” Words fail to adequately describe 2020. The staggering toll of the pandemic defines this year, but so...

Root Capital's Climate Resilience Roadmap This week, Hurricane Iota became the strongest storm ever to hit Nicaragua. The category four...

Since 2007, the all-women AMPROCAL coffee cooperative in Ocotepeque, Honduras has worked hard to connect farmers with higher prices for...

When Donald Delgado took the helm of UNICAFEC last November, the coffee cooperative was at a crossroads. Since its founding...

When you run a small enterprise in a rural community, it’s difficult to access the financing you need to grow....

On Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, nestled far from the sea, the town of Kankabchen is teeming with honeybees. In this Maya...

Impact measurement and management are at the heart of Root Capital’s work, helping us optimize our efforts to impact and...

It has been weeks since we closed the Root Capital offices and switched to remote work across the globe. First...

The average woman around the world spends significantly more time than the average man doing unpaid domestic labor. As a...

Rural businesses and smallholder farmers are the heart of rural communities, a vital part of the economy that needs to...