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Article: Coop. Guaxupe pursues quality in the heart of Brazil. (Cooperativa Regional de Cafeicultores em Guaxupe)
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- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 1992
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In the heart of the quality area of Brazil, in Sul de Minas, there are 6,000 farmers who form the Cooperativa Regional de Cafeicultores em Guaxupe and market most of their coffee through their organization. On average, they jointly produce 1.6 million bags (60 kilo green equivalent), which is roughly equivalent to the production of Ecuador or Kenya. The vast majority (75%) of the coop. members are small farmers, producing an average of 100 per year on an average farm of 8 hectares. The medium size farmers (21%), with an average of 32 ha. produce an average of 600 bags per year and the big farmers (4%), with 60 ha., produce an average of 1,700 bags per year.
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