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The coffee story
NAME: Cooperativa de Cafeicultores do Sul do Estado do Espirito Santo CONTACT: [email protected] FLO ID 5819 Fairtrade certified since 2008 Number of members 172 COFFEE PROFILE Altitude 330 m Production Area 820 ha Product Variety G35, Robusta Tropical, Centenario, Diamante, Conilón Victoria and Jequitibá Profile Description Woody and chocolate Harvest Months May-August Export Period January-December
Winner of the category "Robustas Micro-lot"
Provided by CLAC
Provided by CLAC
INTRODUCTION The Cooperativa de Cafeicultores do Sul do Estado do Espirito Santo (CAFESUL), was founded in 1998 and currently has 172 members, mostly family farmers. In 2008 he achieved the Fairtrade certification in which he attended to environmental and social conditions.
The mission of the organization is to provide a socially just, economically viable and environmentally sound coffee that contributes to the economic and social development of its members, officials and the region.
COFFEE PRODUCTION The coffee of the organization is produced mostly by family labour, in the postharvest the drying is carried out in covered terrain or mechanical dryer, and with a small part of the production, the peeled cherry coffee is made (around 320 sacks) ).
The micro-lots of the annual quality competitions are harvested in covered or suspended areas with natural drying processes. An average of 200 bags of these microlote coffees are produced annually. As a result of the work-oriented to the quality of the coffee one of the members of Cafesul; Luiz Cláudio de Souza, was awarded in the year 2018 in the International Coffee Week held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil as the Best Fairtrade Conilon Coffee in Brazil and was awarded the First Place in the Coffee of the Year Contest in the Canephora Coffee category, with a score of 86 points.
BENEFITS OF FAIRTRADE The organization considers that the Fairtrade certification has allowed access to differentiated markets, obtaining better prices for their product, and with the prize they can unlink and track projects together with the other producers and the communities where they operate. ENVIRONMENT
The organization develops the project of Recovery of Water Sources and Soil Conservation. Between 2016 and 2018, 40 water sources were identified to be recovered. With the implementation of this initiative, 420 pits were built in the properties of the associates, which allowed to retain about 9 million litres of rainwater annually, to increase the availability of water in the springs.
QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY Annually, the organization holds the Conilón variety Coffee Quality Contest, which has achieved excellent results, with coffees reaching ratings above 80 points. Three years ago, the Coffee Quality Contest for Women Producers was also promoted, which was created with the objective of empowering women members and encouraging the production of high-quality coffees, in addition to diversifying and increasing family income through training for agroindustry and crafts.
