Catalina Manuel

Catalina grows coffee outside the town of San Antonio Huista in Huehuetenango. Here in the Huista micro-region, the landscape is dominated by very small-scale farms and Catalina’s farm is no different, at only 1.3 hectares. 

Growing and selling coffee provides the main income for the family, like many others in this remote and agriculturally dependent region. Catalina is a second generation producer, having inherited this plot from her father. Catalina sought out the Primavera program in the Huista area, gaining vital knowledge in order to increase and stabilise her income from coffee. This is one of Catalina’s main aim, as this income allows her to support her husband and their two children.