Aldea Global is a Nicaraguan association whose key activity is the sourcing and exporting of premium coffee from small-scale farmers to buyers in Europe and North America. In addition, Aldea Global provides microfinance services, access to high-quality inputs, technical assistance and certification support to its associates.

Amazonas is a Bolivian Brazil nut company that sources nuts from rural collectors, processes them, and ships to buyers in the US and Europe. Amazonas has strong gender and environmental impacts—women account for the majority of company leadership, and Brazil nut production creates an alternative to unsustainable and illegal economic activities such as mining and timber.

Apollo Agriculture is an agricultural fintech company based in Kenya that helps small-scale farmers improve their incomes through a package of services, including high quality inputs, technical assistance, agronomic advice, insurance and financing.

Azahar is a Colombian small business involved in the sourcing and exporting of premium specialty coffee from 5,000 small-scale farmers in post-conflict areas. Its uniquely impactful approach comes from traceability initiatives like its Sustainable Coffee Buyers Guide, which helps buyers understand price point to income ratios based on region. Additionally, Azahar promotes climate mitigation techniques like natural pest prevention, soil enrichment and water-efficiency amongst its farmers.

Burlap & Barrel is a single origin spice company based in the US, sourcing a variety of spices across developing and developed markets around the world. The organization started by selling primarily to wholesale customers, and has increasingly focused on retail sales through its own ecommerce website.

Burlap & Barrel is focused on building long-term, mutually beneficial trade relationships with its partner farmers. Transparency and traceability are key aspects of Burlap’s approach, which seeks to bring farmers into greater positions of power within a value chain that was designed to exploit them.

Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) is a pioneering social enterprise that works closely with rural communities across Zambia’s Luangwa Valley to promote sustainable agricultural practices with enhanced market access in a way that incentivizes forest and wildlife conservation, promotes household income and food security, and increases climate resilience for small-scale farmers.

East Africa Fruits Co. is a social enterprise founded in 2015 that works to improve market access for smallholder farmers in Tanzania, increase farmers’ incomes by reducing post-harvest losses and adding value to fresh produce, and modernize agribusiness sector.

Good Nature Agro (GNA) invests in Zambian small-scale farmers to generate lasting income by providing technical assistance, inputs and access to a readymade market.

Inka Moss is a social enterprise that works with communities in the Peruvian Andes to source, process, and export moss that naturally grows in the region. The company incorporates members of these communities as suppliers in its value chain, providing technical assistance and education to ensure sustainable harvesting practices and increased incomes.

Mali Shi buys and processes shea kernels to export shea butter to international markets. Shea is an important source of income for rural communities in Mali with thousands of women involved in the collection and processing of the fruit; there is therefore significant potential for job creation and higher incomes. Mali Shi’s objective is to source 100% of the shea kernel directly from cooperatives and producer associations, which consist almost exclusively of female producers.

Moringa Connect is a moringa processing and marketing business that operates in Ghana and the United States, which sources moringa seeds and leaves from thousands of Ghanaian smallholder farmers, processes the products locally into moringa oil and powder, then exports them or sells them in the Ghanaian market.

Naasakle International LLC (Naasakle) is a family-owned, vertically integrated shea processing and marketing business founded in 2000 that operates in Ghana and the United States, utilizing a direct “picker to consumer” model to connect Ghanaian women shea pickers with global consumer markets.

Nahua Cacao & Chocolate is a fine cacao exporter and chocolate producer that sources from smallholder farmers in Costa Rica. Nahua comprises two separate business lines: 1) Nahua Cacao, which transforms wet cacao beans sourced from smallholder farmers in northern Costa Rica for export, and 2) Nahua Chocolate, which produces fine chocolates that are sold in Costa Rica.

Natural Extracts Industries Ltd. (NEI) is a for-profit social enterprise based in Moshi in northern Tanzania that works to accelerate the economic growth of smallholder farmers by adding value to their crops through sustainable agricultural practices and providing access to global markets.

The Organic Village is a Dutch-based entity that provides support to The Organic Valley, a Nepalese SME engaged in the cultivation, sourcing, transformation and exportation of organic herbs and spices. The Organic Valley was established in 2003 by a Nepalese entrepreneur and former UNDP officer who saw an opportunity to implement market-based approaches to empower rural communities in Nepal.

Perennial Foods Group (PFG) is a Mauritius-based holding company with two subsidiaries, Green Way Farms in Ethiopia and Perennial Foods UK. The goal of the group is to build up competitiveness at the Ethiopian smallholder level by training, sourcing, processing and exporting a range of fresh and dried agro-ecological products to countries in the EU, UK and Middle East. All of PFG products are certified organic or in transition.

Prograin Organic is a for-profit social enterprise based in Chisinau, Moldova, which works with smallholder farmers to produce and source organic grains and export them to clients in the organic food and organic feeding sectors in the European Union. Prograin Organic is the first company in Moldova to promote organic agricultural products.

Sierra Agra is a for-profit social business in Sierra Leone that works to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and strengthen the mango value chain by purchasing from smallholder farmers and processing mangoes into a commercial product that can be sold locally and internationally.

Sol Organica is a certified B-Corporation in Nicaragua that works to improve the livelihoods of tropical fruit farmers in Nicaragua while maximizing their agricultural potential and promoting the use of sustainable and organic farming practices.

Soprocopiv is an SGB sourcing coffee, cocoa and cinchona from smallholder farming villages in the DRC. It provides inputs, training and equipment to almost 10,000 smallholder suppliers. In addition, agronomists offer these farmers annual technical assistance and education on regenerative practices and environmental certification requirements.

Tolaro Global is a cashew nut processing business based in Parakou, a small town in Northern Benin. Founded in 2010, Tolaro sources raw cashew nuts directly from local farmers and transforms them for export.

Uncommon Cacao offers custom-tailored transparent supply chains built in partnership with farming families to deliver high quality bean-to-bar cacao to specialty chocolate makers and manufacturers while creating measurable social impact for smallholder farmers across Latin America.

Victory Farms Limited is a tilapia fish farm based in Homa Bay, Kenya. The business, which began operations in 2016, aims to become the country’s leading sustainable fishery through its operations on Lake Victoria.

Villa Andina is a Peruvian social enterprise that works with rural communities in different regions of Peru to source native organic products directly from smallholder farmers and provide technical assistance to improve their yields and farming incomes.