Mi Monta–a - Honduras 2018 Verified listing

Information Sheet
General Information of the Farm*
  Department: Yoro
  Municipality: Victoria Town: Alto Pino del Sargento: Sitio Nogale
  Total Farm Area: 20 mz Area of the Farm with Coffee: 6 mz
 
Altitude (masl):__1667____
 
Variety in the farm: Ihcafe 90
  Certifications:  None    
  Total Annual Coffee Production (Green Coffee bags 46kg): ___35 bags___________________________________ 
           
  Farmer Information *
  Name: Angel Augusto Valenzuela Ulloa
Farmer ID: 1810-1968-00133 Farmer Code: 3-3.03036
  Age:  50 years Civil status: Married    
  Phone No.: - Cellphone: (504) 9552-0494

  Generation of Farmer in Family ______-_________________   
  Family Information
  Spouse Name Arely Argentina Jimenez V. Age: 39 years
  Name of sons/daughters   Age:
1 Ana Georgina Valenzuela Jimenez 26 years
2  Diogenes Valenzuela Jimenez 25 years
3  Santos Valenzuela Jimenez    23 years
4 Angel Valenzuela Jimenez 21 years
5 Wilmer Valenzuela Jimenez 19 years
6 Hector Valenzuela Jimenez 9 years
             
Participating Lot Information
Lot Size (46kg bags):   23.7 bags (dry parchment)    
Characteristics                
Altitude of the Farm: *  1667 masl        
Certifications:* N/A  

 
           
Variety of Coffee participating: *          
IHCAFE 90

Type of Shade Trees: Hard wood    
Harvest Period: February to March
Age of the Farm:  3 and 1 year  
Drying method: *     Solar
Milling Process: *     Washed
Origin of Water Used on the Milling Process Water Spring
Other Important Information
Briefly describe how you started working with coffee:
My life income has come from coffee growing. Since my childhood I began working along with my parents in coffee.
 
                 
What did you do to make the coffee participating be special?
Classified the cherries, choosing the best after harvesting; pulping without wasting time. 
                 
What have you done to improve the quality of your coffee?        
Harvest:  Only harvesting red (ripe) cherries  
Wet Milling:    Pulping machine with horizontal cylinder, well calibrated  
Dry Milling:    Drying on solar driers for washed coffees.
                 
Do you own milling equipment in your farm? Yes ( x ) No ( )

The milling process is done with a 2 ½ pulping machine with horizontal cylinder
                 
How do you transport your coffee?    Up to where car can make it, the rest by mule.
How do you normally commercialize your coffee?   Local middlemen  
Do you do any special activity to help preserve the soil in your farm?    
Plant in counter direction to the slope, distribute the pulp with and around the plants.
                 
Have you participated in Cup of Excellence before? NO
How many times?     -          
Did you qualify for the International Week? YES
Have you been part of an International Coffee Expo? NO
Do you have any previous experience on preparing micro-lots? NO
Do you periodically evaluate your coffee quality?  YES       
If your answer was YES, briefly describe how you evaluate your coffee quality.  
I send to the National Center of Quality Laboratory (IHCAFE SPS) to perform sensory analysis
 
Have you ever done contracts with International Coffee buyers? NO
If your answer was YES, who is your buyer, since when do you do business with them, and how did you make contact with them?
                 
Was your farm affected by the Coffee Rust?   NO
What activities do you to mitigate/control the fungus?
Do you have any other problems in your farm?
                 
*Optional: Would you share with us what are your dreams/goals/objectives?    
To have a better income to invest more in my farm and be able to produce a better quality coffee.