Organic coffee from Chojzunil
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Maria Juan Zacarias
Maria Juan Zacarias

Maria Juan, lives with her family of 5 members in Planito, Aldea Chojzunil, of 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 4 years ago with an extension of 0.39 ha. On average, it harvests 1.5 Tm of fresh coffee beans per harvest season. After the wet processing, this results in about 0.3 Tm of parchment coffee, also planted 8 trees of native species that serve as shade for the coffee: Chalum (Inga edulis), Orange, Banana, Avocado.