Centro de Capacitación, Innovación y Producción Popoyán-Priva The local partner Agropecuaria Popoyán S.A. is a pioneer in innovative agriculture in Guatemala for 30 years. The applicant Priva Holding B.V. has been their technical knowledge partner over a long period of time. To improve practises in Guatemala the partners want to establish a high-tech equipment and knowledge production centre where farmers can learn how to achieve higher growing performance.Trainings will be of higher quality and in line with international standards. In Guatemala, there is a large gap between the demand for vegetables and the supply.During the PSI phase, the project aims to narrow this gap for tomatoes and peppers, while in the spin-off it will aim at other vegetables.The training centre will include 2 ha of greenhouses which will be divided in twenty modules where farmers can learn different practises through hands-on training. Furthermore, 0.5 ha will be used for research of third parties, so that they can explore certain production methods. Classrooms with necessary equipment will give way for multilateral trainings and conferences.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)Priva Holding BV's CSR policy, which is based on People, Planet and Profit, will provide a starting point for the project's CSR approach. It includes•	People: competitive wages, good and safe working conditions, freedom to associate.•	Planet: Water recycling, biological pest control, low water use, no use of pesticides, pest and disease control, minimal waste.•	Profit: integrity and transparency and non-corruption.The project will obtain several certificates, as HACCP, GlobalGAP and PIPAA.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe project generates 48 basic-level jobs and 42 medium-/high-level jobs. At the end of the spin-off phase 100 basic-level jobs will be in place and 80 medium-/high-level.The partners will offer salaries of at least 30% above the local minimum and good and safe working conditions. There is freedom to associate and social security benefits for health care insurance and health care treatment are offered. Apart from that lunches, lunch facilities, transportation and pension funds are included as extra benefits.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeEspecially the knowledge on how to train trainers and farmers on practical skills will be new for the country. The training methods need another approach than theoretical trainings. Therefore, curriculum development is very important, bearing in mind different target groups with different learning capabilities. Besides that a lot of technologies which will be taught will be new for the farmer trainees.•	Chain effectsThe aim of the project is to bring growers of tomatoes and peppers to the next level, so that they can produce more efficiently and more qualitatively. The joint venture aims to include all levels all farmers in the project, so that the whole sector will get to a higher production standards and that pepper and tomato demand for Guatemala can be met on the long run. The whole industry can profit from the project, no level is left behind. Farmers will get access to new knowledge and technologies and will improve yield on average with 20%. Use of new technologies is facilitated with the use of a microfinance system. Farmers who reach new production levels and qualities have an outlet to the export market via the local partner Popoyán. The project is actually a total outgrowers package which will highly impact the chain.•	EnvironmentGood Agricultural Practices will minimise the negative effects on the environment if implicated. This will be one of the items in the training courses (e.g. efficient water and fertiliser use, water recycling, obtaining certificates).•	Position of womenOut of the 90 positions, at least 23 will be filled by women. Women have the same rights and opportunities as men. To establish a high-tech tomato & pepper production centre where annually 220 growers participate in (paid) courses to produce 20% more efficiently on average (increase of 40 kg per square meter or 10,000 kg per hectare). Also, small growers are trained f