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Cecovasa

“Every coffee bean reflects our cooperatives and farmers and says something about the area where she grows and matures. Each bean reflects our culture, our lives and our work.” Coffee farmers, CECOVASA

Central Office of Agrarian Coffee Cooperatives of the Sandia Valleys (CECOVASA) is an umbrella organization of eight coffee cooperatives with five thousand farmers groups in Peru, all are native tribes with long history of coffee culture."With fair Trade, we can improve our living conditions and produce more and better coffee." The Fair-trade premium of CECOVASA is used for training, purchase of tools and implementation of social projects. CECOVASA has an undeniable influence on the development of this marginalized region. The organization creates harmony between the cooperatives, where private buyers could not.