Organic coffee from Chojzunil
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Mateo Baltazar
Mateo Baltazar

Mateo Baltazar, lives with his family of 8 members in the village of Qansanlaq, Chojzunil, in the municipality of Santa Eulalia and is an associate of the Cooperativa Integral Agrícola de servicios varios Chojzunil R.L.
She manages an agroforestry plot that was established 7 years ago with an extension of 0.74 ha. On average, it harvests 2.25 Tm of fresh coffee beans per harvest season. After the wet processing, this results in about 0.45 Tm of parchment coffee. In addition to coffee, he also grows fruit trees, Banana (Musa paradisiaca), generates economic income for the sustenance of the family, and also plants 5 trees of various native species that serve as shade for the coffee: Chalum (Inga edulis), palo de moco.