La Monta–a - Honduras 2018 Verified listing

Farm: La Montaña
Farmer: José Santos Guevara
Farm’s name and location:
La Montaña farm is located in Zacate Blanco community in the municipality of Santa Ana, Department of La Paz. It has an altitude of 1735 meters above sea level.
What is your farm’s history? Is your farm a family unit? How long has it belonged to your family? How many members make up your family?
I began to produce coffee in 2002, I saw my friends that produced coffee and they were successful, that motivated me to planted 1 hectare. I have 4 children and we depend of coffee production.
How many persons work in your farm, family members, permanent employees and temporary employees?
I manage my farm and hire some persons to help me for weeding, fertilizing and pruning and during the harvest I hire almost 15 persons to pick the cherries.
What natural resources conservation practices do you follow in the farm?
I planted life barriers with different species of trees.
What is the shade percentage and the varieties found in your farm?
Because of the altitude, I have just 15% of shade.
What type of fertilization process and rust control do you use in your farm?
I fertilize at least twice per year. I use the fertilizer that IHCAFE promotes to have a complete nutrition in the farm and get a good yield. I make preventive control for coffee rust, I use the product that IHCAFE recommend to fight this fungus, but we don’t have many problems with coffee rust because the height.
What type of management do you use in your farm (traditional, semi-technical, and technical?)
My farm is managed in a semi-technical way.
Are you part of an association or cooperative?
No, I am an individual farmer.
How does it feel to be a winner of the Cup of Excellence?
I am very happy, I can’t express with words how blessed and happy I feel.
Who prepares your coffee for exportation? (Explain how you sell it and to whom)?
This is going to be my first time exporting coffee.
What is your opinion of the Cup of Excellence?
I think is the best program in IHCAFE that allow to the farmer get into the international market. I had always dreamed to sell my coffee in the international market and have a long relationship with the buyers and this is the first step to my dreams come true.

The property’s characteristics:

The coffee’s characteristics in the Cup of Excellence:

Farm: La Montaña

Farmer: José Santos Guevara

GEOGRAPHIC UBICATION
Latitude 14  56' 47.26''
Longitude -88  05' 12.18''
Village: Zacate Blanco
Municipality: Santa Ana
Department: La Paz

Region: Montecillos

Country: Honduras

Farm size: 1 Hectares

Area for growing coffee: 1 Hectares

Altitude: 1735 meter above sea level

Certifications: No

Variety:Lempira

Processing System: Natural