CAC La Prosperidad de Chirinos

  • 485 smallholder coffee growers
  • Located in the west of Peru, 1100km from the capital Lima
  • Partners with Cafédirect since 1991

The farmers of Chirinos were among the first to supply coffee to Cafédirect in 1991 and we’ve been working together since then. Chirinos actively encourages sustainable agricultural practices and recently through the PPP, funded by Cafédirect and managed by CPF, coffee farmers from Chirinos were trained in ways to boost their coffee yield while still working in harmony with nature.

Over 330 farmers attended eight technical workshops where they learned how to prune their coffee trees to increase their harvest. This is especially important for older trees. On the steep slopes of the Andes, soil erosion is also a major issue, so farmers were taught to construct barriers (made either from stones or other ‘dead’ material or from ‘living’ plants in the form of hedges) to catch the runoff from the steep slopes. Over 200 farmers have since implemented these techniques on their farms.

Try coffee from Chirinos in our range of blends.