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„A total of 22 international and representing tasters of buying companies of coffee was in charge to describe products as the Salvadoran property. The experts assured that the best coffee El Salvador is in Santa Ana Three property of this department took to the presidential prize?Taza of the Excellence, by to have surpassed the 90 points in the qualification of the judges. The producers Everest, Alvarez Prunera and Compañi'a and Francisco Arturo Alvarez santanecas of Kilimanjaro, Malacara Rocks received the recognitions to produce the best Salvadoran coffees in the property Lot To and Malacara Lot C. The objective of the Cup aid of Excellence is to promote the Salvadoran grain and to promote the image of the country like producer of world-wide quality.“
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El Salvador- Coffee and Biodiversity
„A core group of experts meeting in Washington arrived at this conclusion during a recent evaluation of the outcomes achieved by " The Coffee an Biodiversity" project in El Salvador. The 3 year-project that will close in December is being implemented by the Coffee Research Foundation (PROCAFE) and Salva Natura, a local NGO, associated with the Rain Forest Alliance, an institution that certifies the production of environmentally friendly. It is sponsoredby the World Bank and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), In the present scenario of record decline in coffee prices, shade grown coffee represents a new option for coffee growers. According to project coordinator, Inés Maria Ortiz, "We have been able to create a platform for differentiating El Salvador's coffee, in such a way that we hope that the success achieved by the producers will encourage the development of a national policy in this area".“
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„The global coffee crisis that began with the demise of the International Coffee Agreement regulating the supply of coffee, hit Salvadoran coffee farmers hard. Coffee prices fell, often below the costs of production. Many cooperatives could no longer make payments on their debts and in many cases, the banks foreclosed.“
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Lutherans Pursue Good Coffee, Fairly - Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief
„Coffee was first grown in El Salvador as a cash crop in 1841 and quickly became a dominant export, she said. As time passed those who ruled the land began exercising greater control over the coffee-farming business, pushing the majority of the population out of fertile valleys, Goldberger said.“
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Central America Env. Projects Web Page
„The objective of this medium-sized grant is to boost the production of organically grown shade coffee in order to provide habitat for species (especially birds) that depend upon El Salvador's vastly reduced forest cover for survival. The project includes studies on shade coffee's impacts on biodiversity, extension services, education, development of bird-friendly coffee certification criteria, marketing campaign for bird-friendly coffee, monitoring and investments to enhance habitat quality and quantity.“
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