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The coffee story
NAME: Cooperativa Regional, Industrial e Comercial de Produtos Agricolas do Povo que Luta FLO ID 4741 Fairtrade certified since 2006 Number of members 137 Altitude 1000 m Area of production 663 ha Product varieties Catuaí, Catucaí 2SL y Catucaí 785 Processing Naturally washed Coffee quality 80-88 average cupping score (SCA) Months of harvest May - September
Provided by CLAC
Provided by CLAC
INTRODUCTION The Cooperativa Regional, Industrial e Comercial de Produtos Agricolas do Povo que Luta (COORPOL), was founded in June 2006. It is located in Brazil, in the region of Leste de Minas and currently has 137 members, of which 16% are women. For Coorpol, it is a priority to develop activities that allow the improvement of the coffee quality of its members and better position the cooperative in the specialty coffee market. To encourage this work, the cooperative holds contests, including a specific contest for coffee produced by women and invests in participation in national and international fairs, to disseminate the product.
The mission of the organization is to provide partners with intelligent solutions to their businesses through quality goods and services, respecting cooperative principles, improving the quality of life of their families, and socio-environmental responsibility. In the same way, its vision is to be recognized as an innovative cooperative in products and services and to be a reference in products of excellent quality.
COFFEE PRODUCTION
COORPOL associates coffee is harvested by family labor, manually and / or semi- mechanized, with sun drying. The coffee of the organization grows at an altitude of
1000 meters and its harvest is from the months of May to September, which is exported from August to April. BENEFITS OF FAIRTRADE For the organization, the Fairtrade certification promotes the development of the producers in relation to the adjustments and management of the properties. In addition, producers can market their products with added value and the cooperative receives the Fairtrade Premium which helps the producers, the organization and the communities. QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY The organization implements the Coffee Quality competition produced by Women supported by the Fairtrade social premium. This project started in 2016, with the objective of encouraging the participation of women members and women coffee producers of the municipality of Manhuaçu (where the cooperative has a greater number of members) in the production of specialty coffees. For the year 2016 50 samples were received, in the second year there were 62 samples and in 2018 there were 82 samples, demonstrating that each year there is a greater interest for women in producing quality coffees.
SOCIAL The organization implements the social project CACAAS - Center for the Support of Children, Adolescents and Adults of Sacramento. The project serves more than 30 children, offering classes for school reinforcement, guitar lessons, capoeira classes and computer science. The organization collaborates with the payment of the capoeira teacher and also in the preparation of the uniforms for 16 children who attend these classes.
