Maderas Cultivadas

in implementation

Maderas Cultivadas belongs to the Grupo Forestal Los Nacientes group of companies. Its sowing, planting, processing, and marketing operations are fully integrated. The purpose of the project is to consolidate the expansion of operations in Nicaragua by purchasing land to be planted in melina wood. The plantations will be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), as are the company’s and the group’s existing plantations.The proposed loan will help consolidate the company’s growth over the long term and make it possible to replicate the current business model in a neighboring country, Nicaragua, in the medium term. This will provide new sources of jobs in the immediate future and help build a forest agribusiness similar to Costa Rica’s.The IIC loan to Maderas Cultivadas entails two significant benefits. First, it will provide long-term financing that is otherwise scarce, for investing in expanding operations abroad. It will also support an agroforestry company whose sustainable management of its business model not only creates job opportunities in very remote rural areas but also makes it possible to encourage entrepreneurship in the area. Microentrepreneurs will sell their harvest to the group and thus establish a useful forestry cluster in Nicaragua.