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Distribution characteristics of coffee in Nicaraguan producing areas introduction of Maraka Dula varieties

Published: 2024-11-08 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2024/11/08, Nicaragua is located in central Central America. It is bounded by Honduras to the north, Costa Rica to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is the largest country in Central America and the least populous country. Nicaragua grew coffee in the late 19th century, but it was not until the mid-19th century that the crop became an important export. The Nicaraguan government encourages people from Italy and Germany

Nicaragua, located in Central America. Honduras to the north, Costa Rica to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is the largest country in Central America and the least populous.

Coffee was cultivated in Nicaragua in the late 19th century, but it was not until the mid-19th century that the crop became an important export product. The government of Nicaragua encouraged European immigrants from Italy and Germany to buy coffee land and then allocate it to smaller plots (usually less than 5 hectares). Most coffee plantations are controlled by whites, who often use local people as cheap labor to manage coffee fields for them.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, the policy of dividing large plots of land into smaller plots caused chaos and strife in the agricultural sector. Later, USAID and Fairtrade domestic efforts consolidated small productive lands into cooperatives.

Nicaragua is divided into four major regions: Segovias, Matagalpa/Jinotega, Boaco and Pacific Coast. The highest planting height in Segovia is about 1,500 - 2,000, and the coffee produced is the highest SHG (Strictly High Grown).

Maracaturra: A hybrid variety, Maragogype and Caturra, common in Nicaragua.

But this variety is grown in El Salvador's Apaneca, a coffee estate that has won the Cup of Excellence twice-Finca Himalaya.