Cooperativa Agroindustrial Villa Rica Golden Coffee LTDA

Cooperativa Agroindustrial Villa Rica Golden Coffee LTDA is an organization of small and medium-sized coffee growers united voluntarily by common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations, democratically controlled based on cooperative principles. It was formed on October 10, 2012 and is located in the district of Villa Rica, Province of Oxapampa (Pasco), an area set in the jungle eyebrow and declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. It groups coffee families including Yaneshas, Andean and Austro-German migrants belonging to the Entaz, Eneñas, Paucartambo, Cacazu and Bocaz basins, with the purpose of making SUSTAINABLE coffee cultivation and a dynamic role for the local and regional economy.

Thanks to the initiative of 22 small producers, the cooperative is a social organization with a business vision, whose aim is to improve the socioeconomic conditions of its partner producers. In 2014 they entered the national market. In 2015 they marketed their coffees to the international market including customers from the United States and Europe.

At present they have a social base made up of 264 small coffee producers. Their coffees are produced from 1000 to 1800 Meters Above Sea Level and are certified as Organic and the Solidarity Fair Trade mark FAIR TRADE NOP USDA United States and US European Union seals.

Cupping Notes:

It has a remarkable personality and a sweet character, with delicate acidity, a round body and notes of honey and toasted almonds.

 PROJECT GOALS

Economic:

Increase in family income

Income diversification

Social:

Improving Product Quality

Increasing female participation

More certified cooperatives

Reinvestment linked to fair trade

Environmental:

Reducing deforestation

Increased reforestation

Forest conservation

Reducing CO2 emissions