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La historia del café
NAME: Cooperativa dos Pequenos Agricultores de Café de Santana da Vargem CONTACT: [email protected] FLO ID 28300 Fairtrade certified since 2012 Number of members 103 Altitude 900-1,340 m Production Area 3283 ha Varieties of the Product Nuevo Mundo, Catuai, Bourbon and Catucai Harvest Months May-September Export Period August to April Other Certifications Rainforest Alliance, 4C, Café Practices and Volcafé Way
Provided by CLAC
Provided by CLAC
INTRODUCTION The União de Pequenos Agricultores de Santana da Vargem was founded on June 15, 2000 by a group of small farmers of Santana da Vargem - MG. They joined together to form an association to facilitate the acquisition of credits from the Program PRONAF.
In 2012, the members of UNIPASV met and decided in assembly to create a cooperative to facilitate marketing by reducing bureaucratic processes and increasing export capacity, offering greater possibilities for all members. With everyone's approval, the Cooperativa dos Pequenos Agricultores de Café of Santana da Vargem was born and certified with the Fairtrade seal the same year. Today, COOPASV has 103 cooperative families, producing Arabica coffee at altitudes ranging from 900 to 1340m.
The vision of the organization is to be a model of cooperativism and reference for family coffee, promoting the technical and administrative development of the cooperative and the implementation of certification and verification standards.
COFFEE PRODUCTION The coffee of the organization grows in a height of between 900 and 1340 meters and its harvest occurs between the months of May to September. The coffee goes through the collection process which is done through the family workforce, with manual and mechanized production and with traceability and social and environmental awareness.
BENEFITS OF FAIRTRADE COOPASV believes that Fairtrade certification allows farmers to improve their quality of life, add value to their products and promote knowledge and environmental awareness, as well as meeting the needs of small producers, who often do not have support. Fairtrade can achieve not only financial valuation but human valorization.
QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY The organization has a high focus on technical assistance issues to supervise the certification and adaptation of the different properties. All this with the aim of maintaining the quality of their coffee. The Technical Assistance project seeks to monitor and adapt properties to Fairtrade certification standards and Brazilian legislation, in addition to assisting and guiding 103 families of producers in the quality control of their coffees. ENVIRONMENT The organization invests part of the Fairtrade Premium in the development of the Sustainable Energy project, which began in 2018. The installation of solar panels was made to capture photovoltaic energy, which is distributed at the headquarters of the organization for the operation of it with clean energy.
OTHER USES OF FAIRTRADE PREMIUM Part of the support that the organization seeks to give to the community goes with the objective of generating promotion in the culture and promoting the region, the Sounds of Coffee Project that exists since 2016 has as main objectives to involve the children of producers and youth of the community in the learning of a musical instrument, improving motor coordination and attention to them and helping in a better social coexistence, the guitar orchestra has the participation of 22 young people between 13 and 19 years old.
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