LUX Award for Innovation in Agriculture – Latin America
Founded in 2006, Burke Agro is leading the regenerative organic movement in Nicaragua and has developed opportunities for around one thousand Nicaraguan smallholder farmers to participate in export markets.
Burke Agro is an independent agriculture development branch of Sol Organica, S.A., and is made up of a dedicated team of agronomists focused on improving sustainable farming practices with smallholder farmers to ensure quality, productivity, certifications, and a consistent and transparent purchase process.
The company offers credit and access to organic inputs to marginalized and emerging farmers. Burke Agro also sources and sells a wide variety of organic fresh fruit to international markets.