The Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Jennifer Contrerasannounced from Puno that the Government will implement a plan to be able to export coffee from small producers, without any restrictions, to the markets of the European Union (EU). The statements were made during the VII International Specialty Coffee Fair (FICAFÉ Puno 2023).
“We are going to implement a plan that is suitable so that our coffee growing brothers can sell their coffee, without any restrictions in the EU, because we are not going to allow their products (coffee) not to enter the EU. And if we have to adapt a regulatory framework, we are going to do it because the Government is working to provide solutions to their problems,” he said.
In his speech, he said that the Government, through the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), is working on various actions to address the problems of the coffee sector. “I have arranged for Senasa to go to the field to fight yellow rust. I have also asked Agrobanco to expedite its procedures for approving loans to coffee growers,” he stated.
He also highlighted coffee as a flagship product and a crop that represents the livelihood of more than 200,000 farmers. “We are going to help our coffee open more international markets and conquer with its special aroma,” he said.
“This Government is working to solve its problems and the ministry that I have to lead is focused on meeting the demands of all farmers and, above all, this crop that is so important for Peru and their families,” he expressed. .
What is FICAFÉ?
The FICAFÉ fair is the only decentralized international specialty coffee fair held in the country, which is an example of the coordination capacity of the national, regional and local governments, with the same objective, which is to promote the coordination of the coffee producers to the markets.
FICAFE brings together producers from all the coffee-growing regions of the country and is the activity that coffee producers wait for year after year to be able to offer their production to different buyers who meet at this important event.
Importance of coffee
Coffee is the main agricultural export product in Peru. According to the last National Agricultural Census carried out by the INEI in 2012, an approximate of 223,000 families managed 425,400 hectares.
As of 2016, Midagri reported 387,421 hectares distributed in 12 main regions. Today there are 414,000 hectares of coffee, in which more than 236,000 producers work, which means that nearly one million families live from its cultivation.
Source: Larepublica
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