Organisation Description
UCPCO
UCPCO was founded in 1996 by 190 farmers organized in 6 cooperatives. Currently, the Union has more than 540 producers of which over 75% are women.
Participates in Progreso Program since: 2007
Progreso has been working with this cooperative in the areas of Access to Finance, Access to Market and Business Management (training in accounting, risk management and marketing).
Number of members: 450
Certifications: SHG and organic coffee and Fair Trade SHB Conventional (transition).
Harvest period from November to March
Map location
Specifications
Coffee type
mercado justo, mercado justo & org
Annual production
20,600 qq
Annual export
13,360 qq
Country
Nicaragua
Address
Del Estadio Municipal 2 C al Norte,
Phone
+505 86 57 06 36
Fax
+505 27 13 56 26
General Manager
Heberto Arturo Rivas Megara
Website
www.ucpcorl.com
