Do you know about Bolivian coffee cooperatives? Analyze what coffee cooperative is and what its characteristics are

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There are people in many countries who grow coffee, process it and sell it to cooperatives.

But what is a co-operative? How does it work? And how do farmers produce traceable coffee products when they work together?

As its name suggests, coffee cooperatives are a cooperative group of many coffee farmers to obtain better resources, such as better marketing resources, business opportunities, personnel training resources, and so on.

All members who join the cooperative are required to pay social fees, and then use the money to invest in the local community, which will be more cost-effective than using it alone. In addition, many large cooperatives have full-time staff, covering management, marketing, personnel education, research and so on.

Bolivia is a landlocked country located in South America. Because of its rich natural resources, Bolivia has been colonized by Spain over the years.

And suffering from the aggression of neighboring countries such as Chile and Paraguay, it is currently the poorest country in South America.

Bolivia is known as an ancient plateau country. The main producing areas of coffee are located in the plateau above 2,000 meters above sea level. Most of the coffee is marketed by cooperatives formed by small coffee farmers. In the early days, coffee was sold by water.

Most of the washed Arabica tree species are Tibica and some Kaddura tree species in recent years. Coffee produced in Bolivia in South America has great potential, but it cannot be treated as a result of transportation and distribution.

The season's coffee is shipped out so there is almost no sign of him on the market, a problem that keeps Bolivian coffee traditional. Netherlands? Finland? Germany and other Nordic countries are the largest sales areas.

In the past, Bolivian coffee trees were often planted around gardens as fences and decorations, but they have only been planted as cash crops since the 1950s. In 1975, due to abnormal weather in Brazil, coffee

The producing areas suffered heavy losses. Bolivia took advantage of the opportunity to develop coffee farming and grew rapidly. In the past, the evaluation of coffee beans in Bolivia was not outstanding, but in the Cup of Excellence (COE) cup evaluation in 2004.

In the prison competition, a Cenaproc cooperative composed of more than 80 small coffee farmers suddenly rose to fame by hosting the top three and fifth places in the competition in one breath. Bolivia has also become a boutique

A dazzling new star in the coffee world.