Shared with permission from AGEXPORT’s Youtube channel. Learn more about AGEXPORT here.
As part of the ASPIRE project (Achieving Sustainable Partnerships for Innovation, Research and Entrepreneurship)—funded by USAID and implemented by MIT, UVG, and AGEXPORT—research was carried out focusing on the extraction and use of essential oils in partnership with farmers from Chaquijyá, Sololá, featured in this video.
The Achieving Sustainable Partnerships for Innovation, Research and Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE) Project is a five-year, $15 million project funded by USAID and implemented by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), and the Guatemalan Exporters Association (AGEXPORT), with the goal of creating a world-class replicable model for how universities, in collaboration with the private sector, government, and local communities, can respond to local and regional development needs. The project implements a collaborative approach, based on MIT’s experience in the innovation ecosystem.
