Child nutrition in Mexico under conventional and organic agriculture

The La Frailesca region is part of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Farmers in La Frailesca began growing coffee at the end of the nineteenth century. Over the following decades, the production process was driven by technological changes, including the use of pesticides. At the end of the 1990s, Conservation International joined forces with El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (a local research centre) to work with coffee producers to switch to organic production. The team established Farmer Field Schools, modifying the FFS format to help farmers learn about market demand and product..