Community Business Development

Small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs around Guaranda earn little from their products due to intermediaries, unstable prices, and reliance on chemicals. Weak cooperatives, expensive credit, and lack of business skills limit their ability to improve incomes and negotiate better terms. Migration of young people further weakens local enterprise. As a Community Business Development Intern, you will support local producers to strengthen cooperatives, improve value chains, and develop new opportunities such as community tourism and value-added processing of traditional products like chochos (lupin beans). You will provide basic business training and help build more resilient community enterprises. This practical internship gives you valuable experience in community economic development and entre...