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ORGANICAFÈ

The upper zone of Chalatenango has always been a territory of great coffee production, but due to the strong migration phenomenon, the younger generations are abandoning the field as they do not see a possible future in coffee. Every year 145,000 Salvadorans decide to emigrate​.
GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Chalatenango
El Carrizal, Ojos de Agua, Comalapa and Concepción Quezaltepeque

ACTIVE SINCE
2021
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN 2025
189
AIM

Contributing to territorial development and improving the socioeconomic conditions of seven rural communities in the Alotepec-Metapan mountain range

PARTNER

RESULTS OBTAINED

RESULTS OBTAINED
40

African drying beds constructed

78%

Of producers adopted new processing methods

500

Quintals of parchment coffee commercialized

18

Entrepreneurship workshops delivered

60

Students involved in artistic and cultural labs

+ 60

Young people involved in artistic workshops on drawing, painting, and muralism

14

Producers trained in production management using advanced agroecological techniques

+ 35

Participants in digital skills courses such as the use of software and graphic design tools

+ 1

Coffee festival to promote local products with the aim of generating visibility, facilitating access to new markets, and bringing together local and international stakeholders.

+ 2

Nurseries built with a total of

18.000

Seedlings of the Cuscatleco and Pacamara varieties

sustainable community coffee - a project by the Lavazza Foundation for El Salvador

sustainable community coffee - a project by the Lavazza Foundation for El Salvador

sustainable community coffee - a project by the Lavazza Foundation for El Salvador

sustainable community coffee - a project by the Lavazza Foundation for El Salvador

sustainable community coffee - a project by the Lavazza Foundation for El Salvador

sustainable community coffee - a project by the Lavazza Foundation for El Salvador

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