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Reimagining the Cooperative Model
In Junin,cooperatives like Kaffee Satipo, who work with 70 coffee families in and around the Rio Negro in Satipo, managing over 300 hectares, are a key support group. Founded in 2018 by 30 coffeegrowing families in Satipo, they focus only on producing specialty and supporting their members from seed to storage. They work to improve the economic development of their communities by supporting and developing their members’ entrepreneurial spirit through marketing initiatives.
Their vision is to be a leader in Peru with cooperative models and over the last 6 years have significantly improved the quality of their members coffee by accessing training and support through statesponsored projects. Alongside this, they have agricultural engineers on hand helping with the management of organic practices and improving pre and post harvesting techniques, including installation of solar dryers and enhanced fermentation control.
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Speaking with Jose Hardy Velasquez Monge, the general manager of the cooperative, he said that climate change is currently the biggest challenge facing the communities. This year alone, the El Nino Weather phenomenon has caused a huge change in rainfall and temperatures. The fluctuation of temperatures across the day and night has started to change the phenology of the crops, and with this the emergence of new pests and diseases.
It takes time and crop yield loss to understand how to navigate and overcome these new pests and diseases, that’s why Jose and team and working with their agronomists and sourcing technical expertise to assist where they can.
Coffee Hotspots in Junin
Altitude
1500-2000m
Provinces
Chanchamayo, Satipo
Districts
Pangoa, Perene, Pichanaki, Mazarmari, Rio Negro, Rio Tambo, Vitoc
Cities & Towns
Alto Yurinaqui, Palomar, La Merced
Varietals
Bourbon, Catimor, Catuai, Caturra, and Pacamara
Popular Flavour Profiles
Citrus, Caramel, Nuts
Why Junin?
A vast and diverse coffee region, with more to explore as new coffee producing areas emerge.
Q Grader and 2023 CoE judge, Carlos Paulsen highlighted a district, Pariahuanca, on the outskirts of the city of Hauncayo at 2000m that has recently started producing coffee, specifically Caturra with red fruit flavours.
A rarity for Hauncayo and one for our next harvest.
