Rikolto - VECO/VredesEilanden

06/16/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/17/2022 05:10

More coffee and less CO2: towards a carbon-neutral coffee in Ecuador and Peru

Together with the institutions that are part of the project consortium, national and international entities such as the Belgian Embassy in Peru and Ecuador, UNDP, Rainforest Alliance, Ministries of Environment and Agriculture and Livestock of Ecuador (Proamazonía project), Sernanp, Senasa, Regional Government of Cajamarca, Provincial Municipality of San Ignacio, San Ignacio Agrarian Agency, MOCCA/USDA project, cooperatives Cenfrocafé, ACPC Pichanaki, Selva Andina and Valles del Café participated in the launch and subsequent exchange.

Producer organisations allied to the initiative also participated: Ecuador, Apecap; Peru, Unicafec, Casil, Aprocassi and La Prosperidad de Chirinos.

The exchange activity was carried out in partnership with the Coffee & Climate project funded by the government of the Belgian province of Vlaams-Brabant.