Mexico
Climate Change (GG Green)Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico
Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico
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Traditional Stoves
This is a typical stove that you might see in homes in Chiapas. When it is in use the smoke circulates in the house causing health problems from respiratory infections and asthma to cataracts and carbon monoxide poisoning.
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This woman demonstrates her wood-burning stove. Instead of the room being smokey, the flue (just to the left of the woman) takes the smoke outside.
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Wood Burning Stove
This wood burning stove has been recently installed and the smoke goes directly outside. It allows people to cook more efficiently and uses a lot less wood than traditional stoves.
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Community Store
DESMI opens small grocery stores with the goal of creating an integrated network of producers and consumers as backbone to a strong rural economy.
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Food and coffee
DESMI supports the development of indigenous collectives focused on coffee production, and assists them in becoming certified organic producers.
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Woman Weighing Bread
A collective bakery supported by DESMI raises income levels and the average standard of living for members and their families.
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DESMI member with coffee beans
DESMI provides loans and training to five communities for collective development projects, such as this organic coffee plantation.
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DESMI members farming
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