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Agricultural Coffee Producer Cooperative Divisoria Ltd. Peru Coffee and cacao beans for export Experiences in the production of quality coffee and cocoa with organic fertilizers containing efficient microorganisms
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Country: Peru Organisation: Agricultural Coffee Producer Cooperative Divisoria Ltd. Products: Coffee and cocoa beans for export. Best practice: Experiences in the production of quality coffee and cocoa with organic fertilizers containing efficient microorganisms. In the republic of Peru, 109 families of coffee producers located in la Corrillera Azul, survivors of the social violence of terrorism and drug trafficking in the eighties and nineties, were searching for peace and legal economical development. On the 20th of February 2001, with the help of the Program of the Unites Nations, they took the democratic decision to set up the Agricultural Coffee Producer Cooperative Divisoria Ltd., commercially known as “La Divisoria”. At present, La Divisoria, consists of 666 families of small producers of high quality coffee and cocoa. The first two years were difficult for La Divisoria due to the prices on the international coffee market ($0,50 per 0,60/lb), which did not cover the cost of production. Thanks to the strong effort and perseverance of the leading members of the organisation, La Divisoria continued to work hard on producing high quality coffee. Motivated by the existence of speciality markets they exported three containers with extra value coffee in 2003 to the United States, Germany and Japan.
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