El Cedro - Colombia North 2009 Verified listing

Overview

His words: “I thanks to god because he gave me my parent that have work for almost their whole life if the coffee, at the same time for give me the energy to work, for working with the quality as the guide for each one of the activities in our farm. I am happily married with Yasenia Marcela Malambo and we have two kids Gabriel y Celena. Part of the farm that I am working at is my father’s property; it has the Rainforest Alliance certification, result of a process with the “Caney” group and the support of different organizations like the Coffee Committee of Huila, SENA and Agroempresarial, from who we have receive important training that changes our way to think and act about the production of coffee and the environment. Care of the Environment Through the certification we have done the aims of doing a correct management to the residual waters form the coffee process, to the water resources form the region and the nature in general. Process

FERTILIZATION:

Applications of chemical fertilizer.

DISEASES AND PLAGUES CONTROL:

For “la broca“ they use cultural practices in the picking like RE-RE (Repaso de Recoleccion) Harvesting Review. HARVEST CYLE: Semester A 20% and Semester B 80% SYSTEM PROCESS: Traditional – Washed

Other Statistics

Annual Production: N/A (70kg bags)
Soil Type: Clay Soil
Annual Precipitation: 1500 – 2000 mm Shade: Semi-shade 50%
Water Source: Water Birth Permanent Workers: 2 Temporary Workers: 30