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Circular Coffee from Peru: Creating Value across the Chain
Many coffee farmers face a combination of livelihood and environmental challenges, threatening consumers’ access to their favourite hot beverage. This multi-stakeholder project, launched in 2019, substantially scales up an existing collaboration which focused on tackling environmental degradation and poor coffee productivity in Peru.
San Martin, and its capital city Moyobamba, is located in the North-West of the country. San Martin is blessed with mild weather throughout the year and a wide altitude range from as low as 190m up to 3,080m, allowing for the growth and harvest of many very diverse agricultural products. This region offers some of the most fertile soils for producing high quality coffee.
TRANSFORMATION GOALS
Social, economic and environmental transformation will be achieved through the following steps:
Value of agricultural products is increased: agroforestry and climate-smart farming practices bring improvements in yield and quality combined with more cost-efficient farming practices to deliver living income benefit.
Smallholders are facilitated access to land tenure, a prerequisite to access finance: by obtaining land use permits they can access financial products giving security of tenure and confidence to invest in the future.
Female participation is enhanced and youth development is promoted: specially designed and gender-inclusive workshops allow women and youth to play a stronger role in farm business development and participate in coffee producer organisations.
Circular economy model directs investment to support climate smart agriculture practices: the Circular Economy model supports the regeneration of the San Martin agroforestry landscape, an improved water resources management and protects existing forests by offering alternative materials made from reclaimed coffee waste.
PATHWAY TO SCALE
The project will include 1,600 farmers covering 12,000 ha and aims to scale up to reach most of the 75,000 coffee farmers in San Martin covering 48,000 ha of coffee production.
There is an ambition to expand the model regionally and nationally with engagement from SERFOR, the Peru National Forest and Wildlife Service to facilitate access to land.
More farmers seeing the benefits and asking to participate in the project.
The San Martin Departmental Government’s alignment with actions to achieve their Low-Emission Development goals.
Multi-institutional platform seeking to integrate the components of circular coffee cultivation practices into a jurisdictional approach.
A circular economy model could replicable globally, reducing pressure on forest landscapes.
TRACKING TRANSFORMATION
PROSPEROUS FARMERS
May 2020
14%
2023 Target
100%
Percentage of farming households adopting circular cultivation practices*
THRIVING COMMUNITIES
May 2020
0%
2023 Target
100%
Number of farming households obtaining formal land use permits.
REGENERATING THE LIVING WORLD
May 2020
116ha
2023 Target
11,596ha
Area of degraded and converted ecosystems restored to become agro-resilient.
PROSPEROUS FARMERS
May 2020
6%
2023 Target
44%
Percentage of farming households achieving a Living Income*
THRIVING COMMUNITIES
May 2020
0%
2023 Target
100%
Percentage of farming households documenting a joint family vision, facilitating access to finance*
REGENERATING THE LIVING WORLD
May 2020
57,649 m3
2023 Target
21,056 m3
Volume of water used annually, reducing as a result of improved cultivation and processing practices.
What they are saying
Lanthe Nieuwenhuis, Project Advisor, RVO
Marco Llanos, Director of Promotion and Competivity, SERFOR
Michel Valles Vásquez, General Manager, Cuencas del Huallaga
Gonzalo La Cruz, Director, Solidaridad South America
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