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Rio Olancho Direct Trade Coffee WHAT IS ‘CERTIFIED ETHICAL’? Diaconia Nacional, a Honduran partner organization RIO OLANCHO which provides agricultural training in coffee producing communities in Olancho, awards the designation DIRECT TRADE COFFEE of ‘Certified Ethical’ when coffee growers “commit 100% Community Transformation themselves to the highest standards of ethical conduct, ZERO % Middlemen respectful and fair treatment of their employees and labourers, commitment to quality, and to protecting and preserving the environment.” There is no cost to the farmers to participate in the ‘Certified Ethical’ program. Rio Olancho Direct Trade Coffee is processed and prepared for export at the modern COCAOL facility in Santa Maria del Real WHAT IS DIRECT TRADE COFFEE? There are no brokers or middlemen in the Rio Olancho Direct Trade Coffee Project. Providing that the coffee beans meet the highest standard for quality, full payment is made directly to the coffee producer. There are no fees, commissions or administrative charges. In addition, the ‘Project’ provides additional funds for training events and for equipment to further improve the quality of the coffee. Glover HONDURAS Reef Barrier e l a B a h í a CARIBBEAN SEA Reef s d l a Santa Elena I s Isla de HighlyBELIZE trained workers at COCAOL conduct a triple Guanajahand-sorting HONDURAS Roatán Isla de Monkey River Utila Poptún Punta ISLAS DE LA BAHÍA toGorda remove any defective beans and ensure premium quality Isla de Gulf of Honduras Utila d Bah e Am ía Trujillo stún ati Puerto Cortés Bahía de Tusi ar qu S Livingston e Bahía de Omoa Laguna Tela Tela La Ceiba Laguna Patuca Omoa Quemada de Brus Balfate COLÓN Puerto Barrios o ic San án S Lago de Izabel ATLÁNTIDA gu Tocoa Pedro Sula Mezapa A Olanchito a L GUATEMALA c ag tu u La Vega a na Bara de Caratasca Morales Roatán P d El Progreso Ahuás e C CORTÉS ar Izabel at a Arenal as u n ca ag ó El Negrito Puerto ot ec M el a Pueblo Viejo Lempira m lú YORO Dulce Nombre Río Gualán Cha SANTA U de Culmi Hondo Yoro Ma Nueva Arcadia ng BÁRBARA ul GRACIAS A DIOS S il o Santa u e c laco o COPÁN Manto Dulsuna C Bárbara H OLANCHO Santa Rosa Copán u Cabo Gracias de Copán San Pedro m Catacamas Edwin Espinosa (above), a trainer with the Honduran Coffee u a Dios Gualán Rí Zacapa y San Luis Laguna o G a ra Auasbila Bismuna H n Valencia Quezaltepeque iguito d RIO OLANCHO Bilwaskarma Tara e Gracias d COMAYAGUA Institute (IHCAFE) conducts a quality control workshop with a e Cedros O COFFEEGuyap eGROWING to Miguel Bikan OCOTEPEQUE r a o Comayagua c Nueva REGION tu Pa group of Rio Olancho coffee producers (below) Ocotepeque INTIBUCÁ FRANCISCO e r Laguna b Bocay La Esperanza m Páhara Metapán LEMPIRA MORAZÁN a n y o La Paz alá a c L J u o e Guarita G C m Marcala El p a La Virtud Tecucigalpa Chichicaste Puerto Chalatenango Danlí Cabezas LA PAZ K Las Trojes u Concepción Lepaterique ka Santa Ana l EL PARAÍSO a a Lago de k y Embalse Cerrón Sabana Yuscarán a a Coatepeque Grande m Sensuntepeque Grande El Paraíso A Oropolí y a San Salvador c Santa Rosa o Nueva L. de San Vicente B Laguna de Ilopango de Lima Ocotal Wounta San Salvador a Nacaome c Zacatecoluca te San Miguel Pespire lu San Marcos ho a C de Colón La Libertad p VALLE m Prinzapolka e Usulután CHOLUTECA Pr L La Union San Lorenzo inzapolka Isla del NICARAGUA Bahía de Tigre Jiquilisco Choluteca Amapala Lago de National capital Limay Apanás Tuma San Pedro Golfo de Fonseca Estelí del Norte Provincial capital EL SALVADOR El Triunfo Río Grande City, town Río Blanco atagalpa P e M A e d Major airport Villa Matagalpa nd Nuevo C ra Diaconia Nacional ‘Certified Ethical’ I Nueva G Amanecer F ío International boundary R Email:I [email protected] C Departmental boundary O C E Chinandega A N Pan American Highway L a Website: www.rioolancho.com MainFair roadg Payment • Fair Wages and Practices Corinto u Boaco n León a 0 25 50 75 100 km Lago de Secondary d road Managua eW Railroad ou The boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply nta official endorsement or acceptanceby the United Nations. Shade Grown • Environmentally Responsible 0 25 Facebook: 50 75 mi Rio Olancho Direct Trade Coffee Puerto Sandino Managua Map No. 3856 Rev. 3 UNITED NATIONS Department of Peacekeeping Operations May 2004 Cartographic Section The founding group of producers from El Carrizal Juan Breanel (dark shirt) delivers his crop of green coffee beans Rio Olancho participant Rolando Guifarro at his coffee field The Rio Olancho Direct Trade Coffee Project is an Producers are also taught to protect the delicate further premium paid for exceptionally high scoring amazing success story, made possible only by the mountain environment. The coffee is shade grown coffee. This payment schedule was developed with commitment and hard work of coffee producers in using organic fertilizer and natural insect control input from the coffee growers, and not only rewards remote communities throughout Olancho Department. methods, and the natural habit is protected for tropical their hard work but also creates an incentive for Beginning in 2009 with just six producers in the village and migratory birds and other wildlife. By adhering to achieving even higher quality. of El Carrizal, the project now involves nearly 60 growers these environmental practices and ensuring fair wages And the training continues after the harvest, as from a dozen communities. and safe working conditions for employees and pickers, producers again meet with IHCAFE trainers to participate Prior to this project, these small-amount producers Rio Olancho coffee has earned the Diaconia Nacional in a ‘Cup of Excellence’ competition and taste how their received just a fraction of the market price for their distinction of being ‘Certified Ethical.’ quality-control efforts are achieving a premium flavour. ‘supermarket grade’ coffee. But with encouragement Once picked, the coffee is dried and the husks are The Rio Olancho project has grown to involve 60 from The Carpenteros and Friends and Diaconia Nacional removed, and it is inspected for quality before being producers from a dozen communities who are providing – an agency of the Christian Reformed Church in Honduras processed at the modern COCAOL facility in Santa 30,000 pounds of high quality coffee. And, because of – these growers took a leap of faith as they focused on Maria del Real. As part of the emphasis on quality, the success of this project and its incentive for those producing the highest quality coffee possible. any defective coffee beans are removed through triple who are committed to quality, more and more farmers Through field visits, workshops and one-on- hand-sorting by experienced sorters. are asking to become part of the project. one training provided by Diaconia Nacional and the Finally, before being deemed export-worthy, the The hard-working Rio Olancho coffee growers take Honduran Coffee Institute (IHCAFE), the Rio Olancho coffee is cupped and scored by a panel of experts, and tremendous pride in their coffee. They sincerely hope coffee producers learn how to achieve the highest must achieve a rating of ‘excellence’. All farmers whose you enjoy their coffee, and they thank you for the quality at each stage of growing, picking, sorting and coffee is accepted for export receive a 30-percent support that allows them to provide a better future for preparation of their strictly high-grown Arabica coffee. premium over the current global base price, with a themselves, their families and their communities. Rio Olancho growers are proud of the quality of their crop Project funds provided greenhouses for drying the coffee beans Many of the Rio Olancho growers following a training session.
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