Córdoba, Ver.- More than 15 thousand coffee producers of the high mountain region have been benefited with low-cost fertilizer by the National Coffee Grower Movement, points out Alejandro Petrone Sanfilippo.
He explains that accessing this input will allow the aromatic production is not affected in the 2022 – 2023 cycle of which there are good expectations considering the production of the last cycle that was quite favorable for Veracruz coffee growing.
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So fertilize on time will allow greater control of coffee farms in the mountainous area Regarding the appearance of pests such as chigger and rust that directly reduce the aromatic yield in the bush.
Especially because right now it’s the season of fertilization of the Veracruz coffee field in order to guarantee a better grain production in the bushes. He points out that the cost at which they are selling the fertilizer is 50 percent compared to the market cost.
“Veracruz has the best coffee in the world, I have been with international baristas and tasters and the coffee from the downtown area has been one of the best coffees in the downtown area, but they are neglecting it despite being a grain that gives us identity as Veracruzanos and as a region” need.
Given this, he makes an appeal to the various levels of government to turn to see this sector with concrete actions and not with speeches that remain on paper and for the photo, since he recognized that at the state level more than 30 percent of coffee farms are abandoned due to this situation: lack of support.
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In this sense, it highlights that the National Coffee Grower Movement has undertaken to carry out a register of coffee producers in order to create a common front to ask for support that reaches those who need it and that it really has the necessary follow-up to continue promoting coffee. Veracruz.
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He even anticipates that the movement he represents currently has a presence in 88 coffee municipalities in the state, including those with the highest production such as Córdoba, Huatusco, Xalapa and Zongolica and even explains that work is being done to continue adhering new producers to the state register.
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